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

RCEP seals modalities for tariff liberalization
28-Aug-2015     Live Mint
China agreed to accept India’s initial market access offer in the recently concluded RCEP ministerial in Kuala Lumpur.
New trade measures top Apec agenda in Cebu meetings
25-Aug-2015     Inquirer
New and aggressive measures to improve trade and economic growth across the region will be high on the agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.
Minister: TPP and RCEP are equally important to the country
24-Aug-2015     The Star
Malaysia gives equal emphasis to two trade pacts – Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) said International Trade and Industry Minister, with RCEP provide a future boost for the four Asean countries in the TPP negotiations.
ASEAN puts last touches to economic community
18-Aug-2015     Viet Nam News
With most of the high-priority measures in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) blueprint already adopted, policymakers and businesses need to work closely on the remaining challenges to achieve benefits of full economic integration beyond 2015
Norway partners with ASEAN free trade bloc
14-Aug-2015     Tax News
ASEAN foreign ministers accepted Norway as a Sectoral Dialogue Partner following Norway's application early this year to establish a formal partnership with the Asian bloc.
Q&A: How Southeast Asian economic zone could change region
9-Aug-2015     The Charlotte Observer
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations aims to establish an economic community known as the AEC whose ultimate goal is said to allow free trade, investment and movement of workers between the 10 nations that make up the grouping
Free trade agreements lead to rising exports, study confirms
28-May-2015     APEC
As regional free trade agreements proliferate in the Asia-Pacific, a new APEC Policy Support Unit report confirms that these agreements do make a difference in boosting exports.
Armenia-US trade agreement not a step against Russia – analyst
11-May-2015     http://arka.am/en/news/economy/armenia_us_trade_agreement_not_a_step_against_...
The trade agreement signed between Armenia and the US last Thursday should not be considered as a step against Russia, political analyst Movses Demirchyan said in his interview to Sputnik-Armenia radio channel.
US-Armenian trade deal signed
11-May-2015     Azatutyun
The United States and Armenia have signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), generally seen as a precursor to a full fledged FTA.
China's Hong Kong to ink FTA with ASEAN by 2016 - chief executive
27-Apr-2015     Interaksyon
China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is expected to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeastern Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2016, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Sunday.