ASEAN moves closer to single market with &#39;road map&#39;, global trade ...
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JAKARTA : 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.
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Six Southeast Asian nations meeting at the ASEAN summit have agreed to speed up efforts to create a free trade zone in the region, the BBC reported Monday.
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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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Southeast Asian nations, Australia and  New Zealand hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by  2007 after beginning formal negotiations next year, government  ministers said on Sunday.
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Malaysia's ambitious plan to build a $7 billion trans-national oil pipeline to ship Middle East crude to big Asian importers moved a step closer to reality on Monday after several regional firms signed on as partners.
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Economic ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finally agreed to beef up their commitment to push ahead the program of
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Singapore: Southeast Asia edged closer towards European-style economic integration and historic trade deals with its giant neighbours in 2004 as the region&#39;s economies rebounded from last year&#39;s SARS crisis.
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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, Laos: China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to make substantial progress in advancing the free trade area (FTA) at their summit to be held here today.
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Trade between ASEAN and India is on track to more than double to reach $30 billion dollars by 2007, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Sunday.
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SOUTHEAST Asian nations were set to sign a free trade agreement with China yesterday, creating an economic region with 1.7 billion consumers and a regional gross domestic product of $US2 trillion ($2.53 trillion).
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Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on Sunday to start implementing a planned free trade area (FTA) with economic powerhouse India in January next year.
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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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VIENTIANE: Leaders of the four poorest countries within the 10-nation Southeast Asian group agreed to forge closer economic links Sunday as they strive to catch up with their wealthier partners.
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Malaysia&#39;s ambitious plan to build  a $7 billion trans-national oil pipeline to ship Middle East  crude to big Asian importers moved a step closer to reality on  Monday after several regional firms signed on as partners.
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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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A DAY after their landmark trade deal with China, South-East Asian leaders took their goal of regional integration a few steps further today, preparing for pledges to boost trade and political links with India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand