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National-level campaign tackles the proposed EU-ASEAN FTA
4-May-2007 IPD
A broad coalition composed of social movement groups and actors convened to gear up a country-level campaign that will expose and critique the neo-liberal framework that guides the entire free trade agreement (FTA) discourse, now being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the 10-member ASEAN.
India may relent on FTA talks with Asean
3-May-2007
India is bending over backwards with regard to its free trade agreement (FTA) talks with an ostensibly disinterested Asean. Sources say the commerce ministry is now considering breaking India’s 709-strong sensitive list with a view to shifting some of them to the normal track, which entails elimination of tariffs latest by 2015.
ASEAN aims to ink free trade pact with Japan in November
3-May-2007 The Star
Southeast Asian countries aim to sign a free trade pact with Japan in November, and will try to remove obstacles in the negotiations at a ministerial meeting in Brunei this week, an official said Thursday.
ASEAN to discuss free trade framework with Japan, EU
3-May-2007 Manila Bulletin
ASEAN economic ministers will tackle issues and modalities on proposed free trade negotiations with Japan and the European Union, but not with the US, starting today.
FTA to top Asean talks at retreat with Japan and EU
2-May-2007
After signing a free trade agreement with South Korea, negotiations are underway at the 13th Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat, for Japan to be next on the list to sign the deal with the South East Asian Nations grouping.
EU plans to start FTA talks in Asia
2-May-2007
The European Commission has adopted negotiating mandates for new free trade agreements with trade partners in the 10-nation Asean bloc plus India and South Korea, according to a news release from Brussels.
Woolf lobbies Brussels on Asian liberalisation
27-Apr-2007
Law Society president Fiona Woolf is visiting Brussels today to lobby the European Commission on the liberalisation of legal services in Asia.
EU: Conclusions on the recommendations to open negotiations with countries of ASEAN, India and South Korea
25-Apr-2007
The EU Council, and the Representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council, officially gave the Commission "the green light" to start FTA negotiations with India, Korea and ASEAN.
EU sees big export rise if Asia trade pacts agreed
23-Apr-2007
European Union exports would rise by 40 billion euros ($54.3 billion) a year if the bloc reaches planned new free trade agreements (FTAs) with countries in Asia, the European Commission said.
European Commission welcomes adoption of negotiating mandates for new free trade agreements with India, Korea and ASEAN
23-Apr-2007 DG Trade
The European Commission has welcomed the formal adoption by European Member States of negotiating mandates for a new generation of Free Trade Agreements with India, South Korea and ASEAN.
It won’t be ’palm oil FTA’ with ASEAN: Nath
18-Apr-2007 Economic Times
India will ensure that the proposed Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN does not end up as a ’palm oil FTA.’ Palm oil products currently represent 77% of India’s edible oil imports.
Japan, ASEAN get ready to finalize free-trade deal
17-Apr-2007 Japan Times
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are likely to wrap up negotiations in early May for the liberalization of trade in goods, paving the way for Tokyo’s first free-trade deal with a regional bloc, government sources said Wednesday.
India offers new concessions for Asean FTA
17-Apr-2007 Business Standard
India has offered a new set of concessions to the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), during the negotiations in the last two months for a proposed free trade agreement.
Tata forays into strategic sectors of Southeast Asia
15-Apr-2007 IPCS
China is making deep inroads in the region because of its trade initiatives, but Indian companies would be calling the shots in future, and the Asia-Pacific region might become a market for them.
Prospect for an Arab-Asian FTA
13-Apr-2007
On two counts, the 27-28 March Arab League summit in Riyadh could be the beginning of a turning point in the tumultuous history of the Middle East post-1948.
South Korea-ASEAN free trade agreement - minus Thailand - to take effect June 1
9-Apr-2007 IHT
South Korea said Monday that a free trade agreement covering goods with nine of the ten members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations will take effect on June 1.
Thailand eyes expansion of FTA deal to India
4-Apr-2007 MCOT
Thailand is ready to expand the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to India if the ASEAN-India FTA talks fail to reach an agreement.
ASEAN urges India to widen market
1-Apr-2007 MCOT
In ongoing trade negotiations, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) urged India to open its import market to additional key commodities, a senior Thai Commerce Ministry official reports.
’Jamu’ makers get ready for AFTA by standardising products
30-Mar-2007
‘Jamu’ or medicinal herb tonic producers in the Southeast Asian (SEA) region are making efforts to standardize their commodities in the face of the advent of the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA), an Indonesian jamu businessman said.
India, ASEAN talks on FTA in Manila by March-end
26-Mar-2007 The Hindu
India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold what may turn out to be an "almost make or break [talks]" for finalisation of their long-stalled free trade agreement (FTA). Senior officials from both will meet in Manila by March-end.