Asean Nations Summit Underlines Trade Imbalance
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Southeast Asian and Chinese officials preparing for a summit in Laos next week gave final touches today to an agreement that aims for a free trade area with a market of nearly two billion people by 2010.
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SANGIAGO : Asia-Pacific powers appeared split on a radical proposal for the creation of a region-wide free trade pact. Business chiefs have called for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum leaders
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Leaders of 10 South East Asian nations have started a two-day summit in the Laos capital, Vientiane. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting will focus on deepening economic integration
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With lawmakers nipping at his heels over U.S. trade deficits, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will try to persuade key Asian nations during a visit this week that they must act quickly to help tamp down protectionist pressures.
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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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President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged ASEAN economic ministers gathering here for a key annual meeting to formulate ways of accelerating the integration of the region&#39;s economies.
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Asian and European countries meet in Vietnam for talks likely to be clouded by Burma's lack of reform.
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Two of Southeast Asiaâs newest leaders called for faster economic integration at an annual meeting Sunday, saying the region risked being trampled by China and India if it did not act.
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Leaders from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are gathering in Vientiane, capital of Laos, for a summit meeting among themselves and a series
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Asian leaders, buoyed by their region's rapidly increasing economic and political clout, tackled issues ranging from trade to global warming with their European counterparts at a Helsinki summit.
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The creation of an East Asian union has gained more support after the leaders of 13 countries in East Asia agreed to hold an East Asian Summit conference next year at the 8th Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Korea, China, Japan
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Southeast Asian economic ministers met  on Saturday with counterparts from powerhouses Japan and China,  and made progress toward liberalizing trade and boosting  business, officials said.
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Sixteen Asia-Pacific leaders converge on reclusive Laos this weekend for a major summit likely to be dominated by mounting concerns over Muslim unrest in Thailand and Myanmar's "road map" to democracy.
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The Asean forum opens in Laos, with a free-trade accord and anti-terrorism moves on the agenda.
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Ben S. Bernanke expressed concern Tuesday over trade imbalances between emerging and industrial nations.
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China will make more efforts to boost its trade volume with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), one of China&#39;s most important trading partners to date and together have promising economic cooperation in the future, a Chinese
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With lawmakers nipping at his heels  over U.S. trade deficits, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will  try to persuade key Asian nations during a visit this week that  they must act quickly to help tamp down protectionist  pressures.