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ASEAN
European Commission delegates will be arriving in Manila next week to continue negotiations for an agreement that will govern the two economies' political and economic relations, officials said.
It was a dizzying roller coaster-year for trade. As the multilateral trade talks faltered, bilateral and regional free trade and economic partnership agreements on the other hand surged, fueled mainly by the aggressive push by the most powerful economies - the US, EU, Japan and China - of their respective brands of commercial diplomacy.
The Indonesian Industry Ministry demanded a postponement of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to protect Indonesian local industry, said an official here on Thursday.
Thai lawmakers yesterday approved a total of 41 crucial Asean agreements after a stormy House session was suspended twice due to heated debates. Among the pacts were free-trade agreements between Asean and India, China and Australia & New Zealand.
A free trade agreement between India and South-East Asia will be signed at the upcoming summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) if the Thai parliament approves the pact. Under Thailand's new 2007 constitution all international agreements must first be approved by the parliament before going into effect.
Canberra has expressed hopes that member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will sign a comprehensive free-trade agreement (FTA) with Australia-New Zealand--already completed--that seeks to loosen restrictions on trade and improve investments.
India is likely to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Asean during the 14th summit of the bloc slated for February in Thailand
ASEAN and the European Union should adopt a new approach in negotiations for a free-trade agreement (FTA) in an effort to speed up the talks, Britain's trade minister said on Wednesday.
"With the economic slowdown creeping in, there is an urgency for concluding the EU-ASEAN FTA talks," the EU has said
