ASEAN gives nod to free trade deal
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Australia and New Zealand have cleared the last hurdle to a free trade agreement with the 10-nation Association of South-East Asian Nations, with a meeting of Asian economic ministers yesterday recommending a deal.
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Congress gave final approval Tuesday to a free trade agreement with Oman, ending several months of debate over a deal that will have minimal economic effects but came to stand for growing differences over U.S. trade policy.
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VIENTIANE - Senior officials of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations made final preparations on Thursday for ASEAN leaders to sign at their summit here next Monday an agreement on accelerating economic integration in the region.
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A DAY after their landmark trade deal with China, South-East Asian leaders took their goal of regional integration a few steps further today, preparing for pledges to boost trade and political links with India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand
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JAKARTA -- Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to launch free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations in April 2005, sources said over the weekend.
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Southeast Asian foreign ministers are finalizing a free trade agreement with China and a score of other accords in preparation for a summit meeting in Laos beginning Monday.
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VIENTIANE, Laos South Korea and Singapore have concluded a free trade agreement at a regional summit meeting in Laos, the South Korean government announced on Monday.
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VIENTIANE -- Southeast Asian ministers yesterday finalized a free trade pact with China and a host of other accords to be adopted at a leaders summit, but touchy topics like the lack of democracy in Myanmar and Islamic unrest in Thailand were sidestepped. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting of 10 leaders was a prelude to a two-day summit. ...
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Parliament has approved a new free-trade agreement - with caveats.
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Southeast Asian nations and China signed an accord Monday to create the world&#39;s biggest free trade area by removing tariffs for their 2 billion people by decade&#39;s end - a key step in their vision of a trade bloc to rival Europe and North America.
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Congress gave final approval Tuesday to a free trade agreement with Oman, ending months of debate over a deal that will have few economic effects but came to stand for growing differences over U.S. trade policy.
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VIENTIANE, LAOS - China and 10 Southeast Asian countries signed a deal to create one of the world&#39;s largest free-trade areas by the end of the decade.
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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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SYDNEY, Australia : Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Sunday that Australia&#39;s relationship with ASEAN was an economic one amid calls for Canberra to sign a non-aggression pact with the grouping.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Economic leaders present at the 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Thursday (Friday in Manila) agreed to strengthen efforts in trade liberalization and free trade.
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New Zealand and Malaysia have agreed to carry out studies on a possible free trade deal, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton was quoted Monday as saying in Jakarta.
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Southeast Asian countries have completed talks on a plan for economic integration, bringing the region a step closer to creating a European-style single market covering 530 million people.