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PM has suggested agriculturists to study FTA and plan for long-term
1-Nov-2006 Thais News
Thailand’s Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has advised farmers to study the impacts of the China-ASEAN free trade area (FTA) and find ways to handle them.
ASEAN-China summit to work on free trade agreement encompassing one-third of world’s population
30-Oct-2006 AHN
Leaders from China and the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations will open a summit on the Chinese city of Nanning as both sides prepare the groundwork for a free trade agreement that would encompass at least one-third of the world’s population.
RP sponsors Asean for Jpepa-like deal
30-Oct-2006 Daily Tribune
As a bilateral agreement between Japan and Philippines on free trade has been submitted for close scrutiny by Congress over alleged provisions that would allow the dumping of toxic wastes in the country, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila is now negotiating in behalf of the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for a similar trade liberalization deal.
India, ASEAN to meet next month for FTA talks
17-Oct-2006 The Hindu
India and ASEAN will make another attempt next month to break the deadlock in talks for a Free Trade Agreement, which if clinched would come into force in 2007.
S. Korea to introduce import safeguards for FTA with ASEAN
16-Oct-2006 Asia Pulse
South Korea plans to introduce special safeguard measures to protect local companies from import surges that may occur once its free trade pact with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) goes into effect, the government said Monday.
India-ASEAN cooperation in services - an overview
12-Oct-2006
India and ASEAN have complementary expectations from the FTA under negotiation. While ASEAN stands to gain most in goods liberalisation, India’s interests clearly lie in services.
Asean negative list covers only 80% products: India
11-Oct-2006 Economic Times
In an interesting reversal of roles in the on-going India-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, India has expressed dissatisfaction with Asean’s negative list of items (products to be excluded from duty reduction commitments) and has asked for amendments in order to enhance market access for Indian products.
Malaysia, EU agree to launch talks for broad cooperation pact
9-Oct-2006
Malaysia and the European Union agreed Monday to launch negotiations for a broad cooperation pact that could lead to an eventual free trade agreement, a top EU official said.
Talks on ASEAN FTA may resume next week
6-Oct-2006
India and ASEAN will resume negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement next week in a bid to conclude talks by the end of this year.
A blossoming relationship
4-Oct-2006
The dialogue between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China began in 1991. Few would have then predicted the regional financial crisis or China’s becoming an economic powerhouse in the world within a short decade. Fewer would have imagined the blossoming relationship between Asean and China which now spans the strategic, political, security, economic, financial and socio-cultural spectrum.
India studying FTAs for unilateral trade preference to all LDCs
2-Oct-2006
India has undertaken a study of its existing free trade agreements (FTAs) like Safta and the proposed ones like Asean FTA and Southern African Customs Union FTA.
Coup no threat to trade talks
25-Sep-2006
Thailand has assured New Zealand that trade talks are not in danger after last week’s military coup.
What’s to become of them?
18-Sep-2006 New Straits Times
Some 11,700 tobacco farmers in Malaysia - most of them in Kelantan - will be affected come 2010 when the original Asean members of Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore enact zero tariff rates on virtually all imports.
Mandelson call for bilateral EU-Asian trade agreements
18-Sep-2006 FT
Peter Mandelson, the European Union trade commissioner, will today call for the EU to negotiate new bilateral trade deals with countries in Asia, a further sign that hopes of a successful global trade agreement are dimming. The targets: India, Korea and ASEAN.
Workshop discusses competitiveness of Viet Nam’s farm produce in China
18-Sep-2006
Viet Nam’s farm produce are facing challenges in the Chinese market as a result of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (AC-FTA), in particular stronger competition from the products of other ASEAN countries.
Japan looks to play leading role in regional trade
14-Sep-2006
Amid growing concern that Japan could be left behind by the proliferation of regional trade agreements, the government recently floated a proposal for what it describes as a comprehensive economic partnership for East Asia.
Asean wants 600 items in free trade negative list
13-Sep-2006 Economic Times
Asean has come up with a composite negative list of 600 products for the proposed Indo-Asean free trade agreement.
EU officials to discuss Asian trade deal with Philippines
13-Sep-2006 Easy Bourse
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European trade chief Peter Mandelson will discuss plans Tuesday with Philippine officials for an ambitious trade agreement between the European Union and a group of Southeast Asian countries, EU officials said.
Malaysia urged to diversify trade pacts beyond Asean
13-Sep-2006 Business Times
Malaysia should diversify its trade agreements beyond its traditional trading bloc in the Asean region and focus on expanding liberalisation of trade policies to enhance its competitiveness in global trade.
US-ASEAN TIFA (2006)
6-Sep-2006