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CP Chairman upbeat over China's market, Sino-Thai cooperation under FTA
Dhanin Chearavanont, chairman of the Thailand's conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, saya Thailand is gaining more from the FTA than China.
ACFTA worsens unemployment: INDEF
Around 1 million Indonesians might lose their job because of ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement
Jakarta bracing for Thursday's massive rallies
According to rally organisers, the people are not satisfied with the present government, particularly with regard to issues such as the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Indonesia and China which they said would harm the interest of the people.
China, S Korea, Japan to hold preliminary meeting on free trade pact
A trilateral meeting among three Northeast Asian countries is slated for Tuesday in Seoul as the three countries seek to launch a joint research on a free trade pact, Seoul's trade ministry said Monday.
China and Taiwan to start talks on trade deal
To allay fears about the potential negative impacts of ECFA, Mr Ma’s government has pledged not to open Taiwan to Chinese labour or further agricultural imports. Many Taiwanese, however, remain either unconvinced or indifferent.
Lai: Taiwan is free from China factor over FTAs
Lai Hsingyuan, minister of Mainland Affairs Counsel, noted surprisingly yesterday that ECFA and FTA with other countries are totally different things, and she hadn't noticed any disturbance from China over the last 20 months.
Free trade threatens national resilience
Implementation of the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) will pose a serious threat to the national economic foundation and resilience.
Thousands rally against free trade treaty in Surabaya, Semarang
Thousands of Indonesian workers took to the streets in Surabaya, East Java, and Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday to protest the implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement
An ECFA would be bad news for farmers
About 280,000 Taiwanese farmers who grow rice, vegetables and other crops could lose their jobs. This does not account for mushrooms, sugar, flowers, fisheries and forestry, therefore the total number of food producers affected will be much higher.
Taiwan's hopes rise that China could allow free trade agreements
China has until now barred countries with whom it has diplomatic relations from signing trade pacts with Taiwan, which it does not consider an independent nation.