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India-ASEAN FTA: Trade in goods (2009)
15-Aug-2009
China-ASEAN Investment Agreement signed
15-Aug-2009 China Daily
China’s Commerce Minister Chen Deming and the economic ministers from 10 ASEAN member states Saturday morning signed the ASEAN-China Investment Agreement during the 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) and related meetings in Bangkok.
India signs FTA with ASEAN amidst protests
14-Aug-2009 News Worms
Labour organisations, farmers, civil society organisations and experts urged the government of India not to implement India-ASEAN FTA
Comrades cry foul as India signs FTA with ASEAN
14-Aug-2009 Economic Times
The Indian government came under attack from the Opposition, particularly the Left, for “rushing into” signing the free trade agreement (FTA) with ASEAN. The Left parties said the entire issue lacked transparency as the details of the FTA are kept under wraps.
India-ASEAN pact detrimental to farmers, claims Achuthanandan
14-Aug-2009 IANS
Hours after the free trade agreement was signed with the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations in Bangkok, Kerala’s Chief Minister told reporters that it would lead farmers in the state to commit suicide.
India, ASEAN sign deal on free trade in goods
13-Aug-2009 Reuters
India and the 10-country Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN signed a free trade agreement on Thursday after more than six years of negotiations, but the deal did not embrace software and information technology.
ASEAN FTA with India likely to be delayed again
11-Aug-2009 MCOT News
Economic ministers from the 10 Southeast Asian countries will sign the Asean-China Investment Agreement during the 41st Asean Economic Ministers this week, but the long-delayed free trade pact with India is likely to be postponed again.
Kerala fights clock in ASEAN free-trade deal
11-Aug-2009 Asia Times
"If this FTA goes through, pepper may cease to be produced in Kerala, the land where it originated," says Thomas Verghese, a distinguished agricultural scientist and chairman of the Kerala State Prices Board
Asean FTA gives coffee growers sleepless nights
10-Aug-2009 DNAIndia
Leaders from Kerala have vociferously opposed the Asean free trade agreement that could impact its farmers in future. The same cannot be said about many coffee growers who have little political muscle. Karnataka produces 70% of coffee in India.
VS asks PM to make FTA details public
4-Aug-2009 Indian Express
The India-ASEAN FTA issue is fast becoming a topic of political one-upmanship in Kerala with the Congress and the Left trying to score points over each other.
India to protect farmers in goods agreement with ASEAN: PM
4-Aug-2009 Xinhua
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ensured that the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement would protect the interests of Indian farmers by yielding no tariff concession to ASEAN countries, said a senior Indian government official on Monday.
Signing of FTA will push fishing sector into deep crisis
3-Aug-2009 New Kerala
Stating that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ASEAN countries would push the fishing sector into deep crisis in the state, Kerala Swatantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) today urged the Centre to go back from its decision to sign the agreement.
FTA with ASEAN will affect farm sector: Kisan Sabha
31-Jul-2009 Indopia
Maintaining that the agriculture sector would be hit hard if the country implemented the Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN, All India Kisan Sabha today urged the Opposition Congress in Kerala to oppose the proposed treaty in the interest of state farmers.
ASEAN and China FTA to ignite ‘tug of war in trade’
27-Jul-2009 Jakarta Post
A free trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China (ASEAN-China FTA) will likely ignite a trade war between Indonesia and China, says the Indonesian Textile Association
Kerala resents move to implement ASEAN free trade pact
26-Jul-2009 PTI
"The [Kerala State] government’s firm view is that implementation of the ASEAN agreement would trigger a grim crisis in the farm sector in the country in general and that of Kerala in particular,"an official spokesperson said.
No takers for Antony’s opposition to Indo-Asean FTA
25-Jul-2009 The Economic Times
One of India’s Ministers raised concerns about the proposed India-ASEAN FTA, concerned about the negative impacts it could have domestically in India and particularly on his home state Kerala; but not all in the Cabinet of Ministers seem to support that view.
Indian politicians oppose Asean-India FTA
24-Jul-2009 BERNAMA
Fearing millions of farmers will suffer, Indian politicians are vehemently objecting at the eleventh hour to the almost finalised Asean-India Free Trade Agreement.
Antony raises objections against FTA with Asean
23-Jul-2009 Economic Times
India’s Defence minister A K Antony has expressed reservations against the free trade agreement with Asean, which comes up for clearance at the Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
EU gets started on reviving ties with Asean
22-Jul-2009
Expect no spectacular changes, but the EU’s policy towards Asia is gradually shifting focus and gear.
Service-sector liberalisation to be speeded up ahead of AEC
22-Jul-2009
Liberalisation in air transport, tourism, telecommunications and healthcare will deepen further next year, when Asean members will be allowed to own 70 per cent of such companies in the region.