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Asia & Pacific

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

Bid to explore Fiji-PNG free trade agreement
10-Jul-2018 Fiji Times
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.
Belt and Road and Hong Kong free trade deals offer wider opportunities for local business
9-Jul-2018 South China Morning Post
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.
Hong Kong and Georgia sign FTA deal
28-Jun-2018 China Daily
The FTA is comprehensive in scope, encompassing trade in goods, trade in services, investment, dispute settlement mechanism and other related areas.
Mongolia, Russia to seek free trade deal
29-May-2018 Xinhua
Mongolia and Russia have agreed to work toward a free trade agreement to expand bilateral economic cooperation.
TPP’s regulatory capitalism and China’s Belt and Road challenges
25-May-2018 The Diplomat
The revived TPP 11 operates as a significant alternative to China’s approach, embodied in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Mongolia, US agree to hold trade and investment framework agreement meeting
24-May-2018 AKI Press
The second consultative meeting of Mongolia-US Economic Policy Dialogue in Washington, DC to discuss views on wide range of issues on bilateral economic ties.
Turkey, Venezuela ink trade agreement over phone
18-May-2018 Anadolu Agency
“By expanding its scope, we aim for this agreement to be turned into a free trade agreement as soon as possible,” Erdogan told.
To counter China’s BRI, India joins US, Japan to boost connectivity in Indo-Pacific
5-Apr-2018 Deccan Herald
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.
US amenable to trade talks with Japan, 4 other TPP members: USTR
1-Mar-2018 Kyodo
In 2018, the Trump administration will continue efforts to build stronger, better and fairer trading relationships with Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand and Brunei.
PNG to sign free trade agreement
16-Feb-2018 Post Courrier
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.

    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”.