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ASEAN
Australia and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- one of Asia's largest trade arrangements.
Southeast Asian economic ministers signed two pacts on trade and investment Thursday and plan to ink a free trade pact with Australia and New Zealand at an annual summit, where they have vowed to resist protectionism amid the global economic slump.
Multinational corporations (MNCs) from outside Asean are taking better advantage of the region's trade and investment liberalisation than the companies from within, Secretary General of Asean, Dr Surin Pitsuwan said.
Taiwan is pushing for bilateral free trade agreements with individual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members as a more feasible way for the country to participate in regional economic integration
The proposed EU-Asean free trade policy on intellectual property rights protection is too sweeping, says a consumer group.
A consumers' group on Saturday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to turn down the EU-Asean free trade policy on intellectual property rights protection which, if ratified, could affect the Asean agriculture, biodiversity and public health access.
The Indian government is likely to delay the free trade deal with Asean to avoid criticism of failing to protect producers during the slowdown.
The unexpected setback to exports and the associated problem of domestic unemployment may yet spike the government's plans to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a powerful trade block of 10 countries.
Efforts by the European Union to insert strong provisions on pharmaceutical patents in free trade agreements it is negotiating with India, Colombia, Peru and ASEAN could imperil access to medicines in developing countries, global public health activists have alleged.
