China, ASEAN to sign deals moving towards world&#39;s biggest 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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President Hu Jintao will seek to deepen China's decades-old friendship with Pakistan on Friday when the two neighbors are due to sign a broad range of economic agreements, including a free trade pact.
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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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TALKS on a free trade agreement with China will begin in March, opening a porthole to the world&#39;s biggest market. An Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement, potentially worth more than $190 billion, also looks more likely than ever before.
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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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The high note which ended the the 10th Asean Summit at the Laotian capital of Vientiane were joined by leaders of Japan, South Korea, India, China, New Zealand and Australia as partners in free trade talks.
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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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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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The deal is a dramatic sign of the ongoing transformation of the still nominally communist People's Republic of China into an increasingly outward-looking nation integrating itself into the world economy.-The Washington Post
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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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JAKARTA: Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced on Saturday they recognize China&#39;s full market economy status.
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China and Hong Kong expanded their free trade pact on Friday, with a deal to let Hong Kong companies enter a variety of businesses ranging from oil product sales to moviemaking and media marketing.
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VIENTIANE, Laos China moved yet another step closer in cementing its economic and diplomatic relationships with Southeast Asia today when Prime Minister Wen Jiabao signed a trade accord at a regional summit that calls for zero tariffs on a wide range of
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Southeast Asia has taken another step towards creating a European-style economic marketplace. A series of anticipated new free-trade agreements could help the region compete with economic powerhouses India and China.
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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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Taiwan and China reached a landmark deal  on Saturday to allow nonstop charter flights over the Chinese  New Year holidays, a move which could ease tensions and improve  ties between the bitter political rivals.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) declared in Vientiane Monday that it now recognizes China as a full market economy.