Australia Minister to Tout Global Trade
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Australia&#39;s trade minister will urge Pacific rim leaders to drive forward efforts to free up global trade when he attends the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial forum in Chile this week, he said in a statement Wednesday.
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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, Australian  Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Sunday.
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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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Business & money: First meeting of PM's advisers will discuss globalisation, climate change and skills.
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BEIJING : Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is heading to Pyongyang, pledging to offer North Korea more economic aid if it agrees to stop developing nuclear weapons.
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Australia and the United States have missed a key deadline for their free trade agreement (FTA) but Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Monday he remained confident the deal would start as planned on January 1.
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Australia could send a customs ship to end a high-seas standoff in Antarctic waters by picking up two anti-whaling activists held on board a Japanese whaler, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Thursday.
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Australian politicians set off on a marathon campaign Monday for an election that will focus on the way forward for one of the world&#39;s strongest economies
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TONY EASTLEY: Australia&#39;s Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has begun a diplomatic mission to North Korea, aimed at helping to resolve the standoff over the regime&#39;s nuclear weapons program.
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THE Federal Government would inform Australians if it went ahead with a new security agreement with Indonesia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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Minister signals foreign policy shift ahead of PM's Washington trip.
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WTO chief Pascal Lamy, known for his  love of long-distance running, will need sprinter-like speed if  he is to get a breakthrough in snarled global free trade talks  in the month or so that has been given.
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PETER CAVE: Australia has been looking forward to coming away from an unprecedented summit of regional leaders with an agreement on a free trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and the ASEAN nations.
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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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The Government is to begin consulting with the business sector and others over potential free trade talks with Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) ministers.
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Prime Minister John Howard has arrived in the Chilean capital Santiago for the APEC leaders summit. Mr Howard says he will be pushing trade and security issues when the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting gets under way this weekend.
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Australia's government rushed to explain away a near-record trade deficit for July, two days after Prime Minister John Howard chose the economy as his main fighting ground for October 9 elections.