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Asia & Pacific

Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.

ECO declaration calls for free trade area
12-Mar-2009 APP
The 10th summit meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) on Wednesday reaffirmed its determination to move towards establishment of a free trade area in ECO region by 2015 as a priority task.
MNCs Outside Asean Gaining More From Liberalisation
26-Feb-2009
Multinational corporations (MNCs) from outside Asean are taking better advantage of the region’s trade and investment liberalisation than the companies from within, Secretary General of Asean, Dr Surin Pitsuwan said.
Closer ties, larger markets: Examining the ASEAN FTAs
13-Feb-2009
Background paper on the ASEAN free trade agreements with special focus on the ASEAN-Australia and New Zealand FTA. Soon to be published in the Philippine Natural Resources Journal of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Philippines
ECO to establish free trade area by 2015
19-Jan-2009 Tehran Times
The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) will establish a free trade area by 2015, ECO Secretary General Khurshid Anwar said on Sunday.
ASEAN tightens up to ride China’s rise
17-Dec-2008 Asia Times
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a new joint charter on Monday that establishes mutual rules and commitments, moving the 41-year-old grouping one step closer to becoming a unified economic bloc.
Turkey, S Korea plan to initiate FTA soon
9-Dec-2008 World Bulletin
Turkey and Korea have decided to initiate Free Trade Agreement between the two countries soon.
Asean To Sign Agreement On Commitment For CEPT-AFTA
4-Dec-2008
A new agreement to further strengthen the Common Effective Preferential Tariff-Asean Free Trade Area Agreement 1992 or CEPT-AFTA, has been drawn up and is expected to be signed at the 14th Asean Summit in Thailand.
APEC leaders to push trade as way out of crisis
20-Nov-2008 Reuters
The United States, China, Japan and some emerging economy heavyweights will push for quick action on free trade deals at a summit meeting this weekend as an antidote to a looming recession in much of the world.
Lima under lockdown for Asia-Pacific summit
18-Nov-2008 AFP
Top officials from the Pacific rim were arriving Tuesday for free-trade talks in Peru’s capital Lima, which was under a security lockdown for US President George W. Bush’s last scheduled foreign trip.
The danger of trade agreements
5-Nov-2008 Phnom Penh Post
When Cambodia negotiates an FTA with a hegemonic power, it must use a template which confines the negotiations to trade matters only, says Jagdish Bhagwati

    Links

  • 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”.