Asia & Pacific
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.
- AANZFTA
- Australia
- Australia-China
- Australia-Japan
- Australia-Thailand
- Bangladesh
- BIMSTEC
- Canada-India
- China
- China-ASEAN
- China-India
- China-Japan-Korea
- China-Taiwan
- China-Thailand
- EU-ACP EPAs
- EU-ASEAN
- EU-India
- EU-Japan
- EU-Korea
- IBSA
- India
- India-ASEAN
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Japan-ASEAN
- Japan-Indonesia
- Japan-Thailand
- Japan-Vietnam
- JPEPA
- Korea
- Korea-ASEAN
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- New Zealand-China
- New Zealand-Thailand
- PACER & PICTA
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- RCEP
- SAFTA
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- TPP
- US-Australia
- US-India
- US-Korea
- US-Malaysia
- US-Taiwan
- US-Thailand
- Vietnam
Articles
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5-Apr-2018 Deccan Herald To counter China’s BRI, India joins US, Japan to boost connectivity in Indo-Pacific
India has joined hands with Japan and United States to build infrastructure for promoting connectivity in Indo-Pacific region, ostensibly to counter the Belt and Road initiative of China. -
26-Mar-2018 Radio NZ Fiji and PNG talk post Brexit trade
Fiji and Papua New Guinea have held talks with Britain to ensure trade isn’t disrupted post Brexit. -
1-Mar-2018 Kyodo US amenable to trade talks with Japan, 4 other TPP members: USTR
In 2018, the Trump administration will continue efforts to build stronger, better and fairer trading relationships with Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand and Brunei. -
16-Feb-2018 Post Courrier PNG to sign free trade agreement
Papua New Guinea will sign the Melanesian Spearhead Group free trade agreement as soon as the leaders resolve some of the outstanding domestic trade-related issues. -
15-Feb-2018 Khmer Times With Brexit in the horizon, Cambodia hopes for UK trade deal
Cambodia is seeking a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom, in a move to ensure that bilateral trade remains robust once the UK officially leaves the EU. -
6-Feb-2018 Asia Society Policy Institute Shifting trade winds: US bilateralism & Asia-Pacific economic integration
Certain long-standing provisions of trade agreements, specifically ISDS, are worthy of reconsideration. -
31-Jan-2018 Global Times Mongolia to push for trade ties with S.Korea
Mongolian Prime Minister expressed strong expectations for an economic partnership agreement with South Korea. -
30-Jan-2018 South China Morning Post Free trade – not turf rows – tipped to top China, Japan, South Korea summit agenda
The leaders of three of Asia’s biggest economies will aim to advance a free-trade agreement and economic cooperation, putting territorial rows and military tensions aside at an expected trilateral summit in April, Chinese diplomatic observers said. -
18-Jan-2018 The Conversation In the economic power struggle for Asia, Trump and Xi Jinping are switching policies
Donald Trump is flexing the United States’ economic muscle in East Asia by introducing a web of new-generation bilateral trade deals to contain China’s challenge. But Beijing is fighting back by political means. -
17-Jan-2018 STL The US and Kazakhstan – An economic partnership for the 21st century
Kazakhstan and the United States cooperate within the framework of the Central Asia Trade and Investment Facilitation Agreement, which promotes increased trade within the region. -
2-Jan-2018 Papua New Guinea Today PNG eyeing economic partnership with India
The Papua New Guinea government’s fact-finding mission to India has resulted in the drafting of a Papua New Guinea-India economic partnership agreement. -
14-Dec-2017 Nikkei Taiwan eyes ’important role’ in alternative Asian sphere of influence
Mainland affairs minister intrigued by Trump references to ’Indo-Pacific’. -
7-Dec-2017 Financial Tribune Iran, Pakistan finalize draft of free trade agreement
Pakistan and Iran have finalized the draft of the much-awaited Free Trade Agreement and the expeditious resolution of banking channel issues. -
7-Dec-2017 Daily Sabah Turkey, South Korea look to capitalize on free trade agreement, boost service trade
Turkish and South Korean announced the completion of the approval processes for the Free Trade Agreement. The approval processes of the Service Trade Agreement will also be completed soon, they also stated. -
1-Dec-2017 Financial Express China trumps India yet again over Maldives; gains geopolitical influence with trade deal
In November 2016, the Maldives said that it would sign its first free trade agreement soon, ostensibly with India. A year later, the island country has indeed signed its first FTA, but with China. -
29-Nov-2017 Asialyst L’Asie sans les États-Unis
L’Asie s’organise sans les États-Unis qui n’ont plus le même poids dans la région. -
28-Nov-2017 Asian Trade Centre TPP11 and RCEP compared: A side-by-side update
Chart reflects the TPP11 changes and the expansion of the agenda in RCEP. -
23-Nov-2017 APRN Civil society commits to push back corporate power at 2017 ACSC/APF
The call “Southeast Asia is not for sale. We are not for sale!” echoed as hundreds marched to the historic People Power Monument along the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue in Manila, Philippines. -
22-Nov-2017 ABC One Belt, One Road: ’Colonial power’ fears limiting Australia, Labor warns, as China signs PNG deals
Papua New Guinea has signed a series of infrastructure deals with China as part of Beijing’s One Belt, One Road initiative. -
17-Nov-2017 Brooking The new geopolitics of trade in Asia
The APEC Leaders’ summit meeting, which took place in Danang, Vietnam, crystallized the new geopolitics of trade in Asia.
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ASEAN Briefing
ASEAN Briefing is a platform dedicated to the various and increasing number of trade treaties and agreements throughout the ASEAN region, produced by tax and legal professionals Dezan Shira & Associates. -
Asia Pacific Economies: Multilateral vs Bilateral Relationships
Papers from an APEC conference in Hong Kong, May 2004 -
Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA
An Australian government webpage on the Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA negotiations, agreed to end 2004 and begun early 2005. -
Joetsang.net - Free trade agreements in Asia
Maintained by Joseph Tsang 曾錫堯 -
Macau-China FTA
Official website on the Macau-China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement -
Pacific Network on Globalisation
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) is a campaign network of concerned individuals and organisations responding to economic justice issues and the impact of globalisation and free trade on Pacific communities. -
Trading on the future of South Asia - ADB at its best
May 2004 article by Focus on the Global South associate Raghav Narsalay on the politics of regional trade negotiations in South Asia. A PDF version with table and graph is available for download here
