ASEAN nations speed up free-trade zone
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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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Foreign ministers from the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet here Wednesday hoping to move towards a free trade deal between the regions.
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Australia&#39;s Foreign Minister says he&#39;s confident of progress in talks on a regional free trade area, during this week&#39;s meeting of South-East Asian nations in Laos.
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VIENTIANE, Laos -- China moved yesterday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations aimed at creating the world's largest free trade area by 2010 -- a sprawling market of nearly 2 billion people.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers and counterparts from northern Asia powerhouses - Japan, China, and South Korea - agreed Saturday on steps toward free trade
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SANTIAGO, Chile Talks on free trade and global security are under way in Chile at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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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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A landmark trade agreement between 10 South East Asian countries and China has been signed at a summit in Laos. The deal could eventually unite a quarter of the world&#39;s population in a free trade zone.
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Even as smaller countries of the 10-member Asean grouping have expressed reservations about the proposed Free Trade Area (FTA) with China as it will put them at a great disadvantage, efforts are on to remove their misgivings.
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The Asean group of south-east Asian states sealed a historic trade pact with China today in the latest move towards a pan-Asian trade bloc that could rival the EU and the US.
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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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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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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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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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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 Asian leaders have opened a two-day summit in Laos aimed at creating an economic community in six years and expanding free trade agreements with Asia&#39;s largest economies.
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VIENTIANE : A record number of agreements are expected to be signed at the 10th ASEAN Summit in Laos. The leaders&#39; summit will take place on Monday and Tuesday and already trade