Asia & Pacific
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.
- AANZFTA
- Asia & Pacific
- Australia
- Australia-China
- Australia-Japan
- Australia-Thailand
- Bangladesh
- BIMSTEC
- Canada-India
- Canada-Korea
- China
- China-ASEAN
- China-India
- China-Japan-Korea
- China-Taiwan
- China-Thailand
- EU-ACP EPAs
- EU-ASEAN
- EU-Australia-New Zealand
- EU-India
- EU-Japan
- EU-Korea
- Eurasian Economic Union
- IBSA
- India
- India-ASEAN
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Japan-ASEAN
- Japan-Indonesia
- Japan-Mexico
- 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-China
- US-India
- US-Korea
- US-Malaysia
- US-Taiwan
- US-Thailand
- Vietnam
New Maldives President offered the opportunity for India to revive relations with the Maldives after former government deepened cooperation under the Belt and Road initiative and signed the China-Maldives free trade agreement.
The United States engaged with Nepal to identify ways to increase intellectual property protections and facilitate foreign investment, as well as greater market access and reform in Nepal’s agricultural sector.
ASEAN Economic Ministers and AEC Ministers signed the ASEAN Agreement on e-Commerce, concluded the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) and finalised the fourth protocol to amend the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA).
Singapore and Indonesia signed an agreement to promote and protect investments, with the treaty promising Singapore companies operating in Indonesia protection and access to international arbitration in the event of investment disputes.
The Indonesia-Australia agreement provides preferential access for a number of Australian agricultural products. It also provides a framework for addressing non-tariff measures.
Cross-regional mega-FTAs are now being preferred over bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements as imperialist powers compete for cheap labor, sources of raw materials, and markets.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says he would like to explore the possibility of a free trade agreement between Fiji and PNG.
As Hong Kong is expected to actively participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, these trade deals are going to play an even more important role.
The FTA is comprehensive in scope, encompassing trade in goods, trade in services, investment, dispute settlement mechanism and other related areas.
Mongolia and Russia have agreed to work toward a free trade agreement to expand bilateral economic cooperation.
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ABAC
APEC Business Advisory Council is pushing for an FTA among APEC members -
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 Regional Integration Center
Database of bilateral and plurilateral FTAs with at least one of Asian Development Bank’s 48 regional members as signatory. -
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. -
Macau-China FTA
Official website on the Macau-China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement -
PANG
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) plays the role of the Pacific regional “peoples’ watchdog on trade issues”.
