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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.

AEC 2025: Will the ASEAN Economic Community finally be realised?
8-Nov-2017     AEC News
The grouping fell short of its target of realising the Asean Economic Community (AEC) by the end of 2015, deferring 105 of its 506 measures.
Spotlight: FTAAP, post-2020 vision to top APEC summit agenda
8-Nov-2017     Xinhua
Experts believed an envisaged Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific, which includes all 21 APEC economies, is an effective way to reduce the "spaghetti bowl effect" of overlapping regional trade agreements and fragmentation risk in the Asia-Pacific.
Asean, Hong Kong to ink free trade agreement this Saturday
8-Nov-2017     The Edge Markets
The 10 member states of Asean and China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will sign the Asean-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement and Investment Agreement on in Vietnam.
The risks for ASEAN of new mega-agreements that promote the wrong model of e-commerce
30-Oct-2017     ERIA
Digital technology offers exciting new opportunities and advances for ASEAN member states, individually and as a region. The benefits have so far been captured by first movers, especially in the United States.
Macao, HK sign CEPA for closer cooperation
30-Oct-2017     Xinhua
Macao and Hong Kong signed a Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement to advance liberalization of trade and service, and create favorable conditions for regional integration.
Indonesia, Turkey sign document on trade talks
13-Oct-2017     Xinhua
Indonesia and Turkey signed a document leading to negotiation rounds of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries.
China reaches Belt Road milestone with Eurasian Economic Union trade agreement
11-Oct-2017     The Asset
Agreement directly meets Belt Road objectives by liberalizing trade and investment along Eurasian landmass.
Dhaka-Kathmandu agree to remove trade barriers
10-Oct-2017     Daily Star
Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to examine existing tariffs and remove non-tariff barriers and para-tariff measures to reverse the very low level of bilateral trade.
Papua New Guinea eyes new era of trading
2-Oct-2017     Oxford Business Group
A new trade policy looks set to shift Papua New Guinea’s focus towards the development of bilateral ties and away from multinational agreements as part of broader efforts to create a more balanced trading environment.
E-commerce a top focus when S’pore chairs Asean
21-Sep-2017     Today Online
E-commerce and the digital economy will be the key points of focus when Singapore takes over the chairmanship of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean).