Southeast Asians Finish China Trade Pact but Avoid Touchy Issues
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Southeast Asian ministers on Saturday completed a free trade pact with China and other accords to be adopted at a meeting of their leaders, but touchy
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Pacific Rim leaders ended a two-day summit with pledges to push ahead with negotiations to lower global trade barriers, seen as impediments to the world&#39;s economic growth.
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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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South Korea and Singapore concluded a free trade agreement during a regional summit in Laos, the South Korean government announced today, according to newswires.
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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.
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The European Union has concluded talks  with Vietnam on its entry into the World Trade Organization,  which the Southeast Asian country said it still aims to join by  2005.
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Even as smaller countries of the 10-member Asean grouping have expressed reservations about the proposed Free Trade Area (FTA) with China as it will put them at a great disadvantage, efforts are on to remove their misgivings.
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The 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit ended here yesterday with leaders voicing strong support for World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations aimed at liberalizing trade and pledging to shore up global
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VIENTIANE, Laos  - Japan and India courted  southeast Asian leaders Tuesday, a day after China signed a  landmark deal with ASEAN to create an Asian free trade market  of 1.8 billion people by 2015.
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Economic ministers from a 10-member group of Southeast Asian countries on Sunday agreed to begin negotiating a free-trade deal early next year with Australia and New Zealand.
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The United States and Indonesia  signed an agreement on Tuesday to stop clothing from China,  Vietnam and potentially other suppliers from illegally entering  the U.S. market as Indonesian goods.
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VIENTIANE, Laos Southeast Asian and Chinese officials put the final touches Friday on agreements for next week&#39;s regional summit meeting to create a free-trade area covering nearly two billion people by 2010.
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French President Jacques Chirac has wrapped up a China trade mission that&#39;s yielded mixed results. Chirac secured big contracts with the Chinese worth about five billion dollars.
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Leaders of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council agreed Tuesday to put aside their disagreement over the conclusion of bilateral trade accords with the United States, preferring
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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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VIENTIANE, Laos - Southeast Asian leaders finalized visionary pacts with China and India at their summit on Monday, hoping for a pan-Asian trade bloc to rival Europe and the United States, even as the region grapples with terrorism and epidemics such as
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Leaders from Singapore and Malaysia said talks have been successful after they agreed to move forward on outstanding bilateral issues.