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EU trade ministers back wider ASEAN mandate
21-Oct-2013 Tax News
The European Commission is to launch negotiations on investment protection with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as part of ongoing free trade talks.
India-ASEAN trade pact on services by year-end
7-Oct-2013 Vancouver Desi
India and the 10-nation ASEAN are set to formally sign a free trade agreement on services and investments by the end of 2013 and implement the ambitious agreement by July 2014, a top official said Monday.
Asean eyes free-trade pact with Hong Kong
16-Sep-2013 The Nation
ASEAN and Hong Kong plan to start discussing a free-trade deal by early next year in a move to promote trade and economic growth.
China keen to review and improve FTA with ASEAN: PM Lee
27-Aug-2013 CNA
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is in China for a one-week visit, has said that China is keen to review and improve its Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN and that Singapore will do its part in this development.
Govt keen to quickly wrap up FTA with EU, says top negotiator
29-Jul-2013
Thailand is eager to wrap up a free-trade agreement with the European Union after the bloc began pursuing bilateral deals with many major markets.
Prospects high for fruitful end to Thailand-EU FTA talks
19-Jul-2013
Michelangelo Pipan, Italy’s ambassador to Thailand, is bullish on the prospects of a successful free trade agreement between Thailand and the European Union.
India-Asean FTA falters just before finalization over services pact
19-Jul-2013 Economic Times
Issues related to movement of professionals under mode 4 and mutual recognition of qualification in medical and education are said to be the main roadblocks.
ASEAN+6 start regional FTA talks
10-May-2013
ASEAN trade officials, along with its six partners, kicked off talks on a regional trade agreement in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, on Thursday. The talks began with the establishment of the trade negotiating committee that would discuss various trade and investment issues until next Monday, Trade Ministry director general for international trade cooperation Iman Pambagyo said.
Call to boost NE-SE Asia links
7-May-2013
The long forgotten traditional links including the historic Stilwell Road connecting the North-east and the neighbouring countries have emerged as critical to connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia.
ASEAN plans free trade pact with Hong Kong
23-Apr-2013 Business Recorder
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will pursue a free trade agreement with Hong Kong, a document obtained by AFP said Tuesday.
Signs of progress as FTA talks loom
8-Apr-2013
The European Commission will begin a week-long free trade agreement (FTA) negotiation with Thailand in Brussels in late May, the first round of official talks, with the hope of reaching an agreement in 18 months.
Indonesia Encouraged to Form Free Trade Agreement With European Union
4-Apr-2013
In order for Indonesia to boost its international trade and economic growth, it needs a free trade agreement with the European Union and to later work toward a similar agreement among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a seminar has heard.
TPP declaration fuels other talks / European nations grow more eager to reach trade deals with Japan
27-Mar-2013 Daily Yomiuri
Shinzo Abe’s recent announcement that Japan aims to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations has sparked life into other trade talks Japan has aimed to start, with those for an economic partnership agreement with the European Union the latest example.
ASEAN-India Free Trade Area briefing
27-Feb-2013 Asia Briefing
Backgrounder from Asia Briefing
In search of free trade in Asia
27-Feb-2013 ADB
Intra-Asian trade is rising and so is the number of Asia’s free-trade agreements. Join ADB trade experts Ramesh Subramaniam and Jayant Menon in a live discussion.
Talks on ASEAN+6 trade bloc to kick off in May
31-Jan-2013
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) together with the group’s six major trading partners are slated to begin in May the first round of negotiations to form the world’s largest economic bloc by 2015.
India’s firmer eastward gaze
22-Jan-2013
India’s free trade agreement (FTA) with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( Asean), which kicked off for trade in goods from 2010, is an important building block of its Look East policy, and its efforts to integrate with a wider pan-Asian economic community encompassing China, Japan and Korea.
In unprecedented move Asean iron and steel associations seek review of FTA with China
21-Jan-2013 The Star
Six regional iron and steel associations have joined forces seeking for a review in the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement following the dramatic influx of steel products from China into Asean over the past three years, said Asean Iron and Steel Council president Chow Chong Long.
Foreign business ass’n urges movement on PHL-EU FTA negotiations
15-Jan-2013 GMA
The Philippine government and the private sector should move on setting up free trade agreement (FTA) negotations with the European Union, a foreign business association said.
Industrial cooperation offers way to expand trade with ASEAN
11-Jan-2013
Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reached a record high of $400.9 billion in 2012 and the biggest progress in trade facilitation was a consensus on the launch of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.