EU-style integration unlikely in Asia
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An economic and political integration in Asia based on the European Union model is unlikely at this stage because the region is too diverse, the president of the Asian Development Bank said.
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JAKARTA: Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday said Southeast Asian countries must be more open if they are to create an economic community able to compete with regional powerhouses India and China.
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Asian search leader Baidu.com denies reports that it will expand into Europe.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 7 (IPS) - The European Commission and a grouping of   countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the  Pacific are no  nearer an agreement on trade liberalisation after their  latest  effort.
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TAIPEI: Taiwan will not accept Chinaâs âone country, two systemsâ political model when the mainland has failed to give Hong Kong and Macau high degrees of autonomy under the system.
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VIENTIANEâSoutheast Asian foreign ministers on Saturday debated the formation of a new regional grouping with Japan, China and South Korea that would cover one-third of the worldâs population, officials said.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he is unlikely to sign a nonaggression pact with Australia&#39;s Asian neighbors. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Howard&#39;s visit
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HANOI- The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which serves as a basic pillar of cooperation between the EU, the ASEAN, China, Japan and the Korean Republic, accepted another 13 countries, including the Czech Republic.
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India has joined a select band of countries with special status with the European Union (EU). The other nations that enjoy a &#39;strategic partnership&#39; with the EU are the United States, Canada, Japan, China and Russia.
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The EU's enlargement to 25 members in 2004 could be dwarfed by the challenges that lie ahead, writes the BBC's Stephen Sackur.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 12 (IPS) - At this week's Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in  Helsinki, experts were unanimous that if Europe and Asia keep  investing in political and economic cooperation, it could pay  huge dividends for a multilateral world.
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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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The leader of Southeast Asia&#39;s biggest country, Indonesia, on Friday urged economic ministers from the region to put aside their differences and work toward economic integration akin to the European Union&#39;s.
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The European Union drops its objections to allowing Burma to attend a joint summit with Asia later in the year.
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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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HANOI : The Asia-Europe Summit Meeting was enlarged on Thursday to include the European Union&#39;s 10 new members as well as three Asian nations -- Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
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Asians tend not to be very straightforward. They avoid precise questions and exact answers, even on matters of paramount importance - like money.