Southeast Asian ministers finalize accords
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Southeast Asian ministers on Saturday finalized a free trade pact with China and a host of other accords to be adopted at a leaders summit, but touchy topics like the lack of
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VIENTIANE -- Southeast Asian ministers yesterday finalized a free trade pact with China and a host of other accords to be adopted at a leaders summit, but touchy topics like the lack of democracy in Myanmar and Islamic unrest in Thailand were sidestepped. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting of 10 leaders was a prelude to a two-day summit. ...
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The 11th meeting of finance ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) concluded on Friday, highlighting the role of governments and financial institutions
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China has reached agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, on completely removing tariffs on merchandise goods by 2010 as part of a proposed free trade agreement, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce says.
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JAKARTA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to start free-trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea next year and expects to wrap up talks within two years, ministers said.
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VIENTIANE: India and 10 Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday signed a âprosperityâ blueprint focused on plans for a full free-trade area by 2016 and political and security cooperation to combat terrorism.
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Leaders of the 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) countries Sunday concluded the 12th Apec Summit in Santiago by issuing a declaration that deals largely with trade and security.
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Indonesian ministers and exiled rebel leaders seeking the independence of the tsunami-devastated Aceh province agreed with Finnish mediators on Thursday to hold face-to-face talks about ending nearly 30 years of fighting.
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VIENTIANE - Senior officials of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations made final preparations on Thursday for ASEAN leaders to sign at their summit here next Monday an agreement on accelerating economic integration in the region.
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VIENTIANE (Laos), Nov. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) here Saturday welcomed a document under which an ASEAN-ROK Free
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VIENTIANE: China and Southeast Asian countries were Monday to sign historic trade pacts paving the way for the world&#39;s biggest free-trade zone, which could eventually include the rest of Northeast Asia and India.
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Malaysia and Singapore agreed Monday to work on resolving long-standing disputes in what could be a milestone in relations between the two quarrelsome Southeast Asian neighbors.
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Malaysia and Singapore on Monday made significant progress in repairing four decades of soured relations, agreeing to hold top-level talks on a range of disputes including
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Leaders from Singapore and Malaysia said talks have been successful after they agreed to move forward on outstanding bilateral issues.
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Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to work on a proposal to solve some of their long-standing bilateral disputes. Singapore Senior Minister, Goh Chok Tong, and Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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VIENTIANE, Nov. 27. - South-east Asian ministers today finalised a free trade pact with China and a host of other accords to be adopted at a summit, but touchy topics like the lack of democracy in Myanmar
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ASEAN finance ministers ended a meeting which saw Southeast Asia edge closer to a Europe-style single market, laying out a &quot;road map&quot; for integration and opening doors to wider global trade.