China forges free trade area
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VIENTIANE, LAOS -- Rising power China moved yesterday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian countries aimed at creating the world&#39;s largest free trade area by 2010 -- a sprawling
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Chinaâs landmark trade agreement with Southeast Asian leaders is the latest example of how the communist giant is claiming a growing role in a region long dominated by the United States.
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Southeast Asian nations and China signed an accord Monday to create the world&#39;s biggest free trade area by removing tariffs for their 2 billion people by decade&#39;s end - a key step in their vision of a trade bloc to rival Europe and North America.
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China and Russia yesterday completed talks concerning the latter&#39;s proposed accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). They also mutually recognized the market economy status of each.
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Southeast Asian and Chinese officials preparing for a summit in Laos next week gave final touches today to an agreement that aims for a free trade area with a market of nearly two billion people by 2010.
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The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian countries have reached an agreement with China that will lead to the creation of the world&#39;s largest free trade zone.
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The Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) and China have signed an agreement to create the world&#39;s biggest free trade area by removing tariffs for their two billion people by the end of the decade.
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A day earlier, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged the two neighours to accelerate studies on establishing a free trade area (FTA). on Wednesday, adding that Beijing was committed to an active
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VIENTIANE, Laos  - Southeast Asian countries and China signed an accord Monday to create the world's biggest free trade area by removing tariffs for their two billion people by decade's end - a key step in their vision of a trade bloc to rival Europe and North America.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - The world's largest free trade  area was meant to open across 34 nations of the Americas on  Jan. 1, 2005. The only visible sign of it in Latin America in  the final days of 2004 is anti-U.S. graffiti sprayed on city  walls.
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With the fast growth of China&#39;s foreign trade after the WTO accession, China has entered a peak period of trade disputes with foreign countries, said officials with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
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Surging exports trigger a rise in China's trade surplus with the rest of the world to a record  $27bn in June.
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Chinaâs rush to build megacities is part of a major push to spread Chinaâs economic boom to the vast interior.
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Rising power China moved Monday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations aimed at creating the world's largest free trade area by 2010 &#151; a sprawling market of nearly 2 billion people.
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Southeast Asian and Chinese officials aimed for a free trade area of nearly 2 billion people in talks held Friday to prepare accords for next weekâs Summit in the Laotian capital, while reports of overnight explosions near the
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Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile has predicated a successful outcome to free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with China. &quot;We can&#39;t afford not to enhan ce our relationship
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Members countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced here Saturday they recognize the full market economy status of China.