ISDS Case Map
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.
Asia & Pacific
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.
See also
- AANZFTA
- Asia & Pacific
- Australia
- Australia-China
- Australia-Japan
- Australia-Thailand
- Bangladesh
- BIMSTEC
- Canada-India
- Canada-Korea
- China
- China-ASEAN
- China-India
- China-Japan-Korea
- China-Taiwan
- China-Thailand
- CPTPP
- EU-ACP EPAs
- EU-ASEAN
- EU-Australia-New Zealand
- EU-India
- EU-Japan
- EU-Korea
- Eurasian Economic Union
- IBSA
- India
- India-ASEAN
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Japan-ASEAN
- Japan-Indonesia
- Japan-Mexico
- Japan-Thailand
- Japan-Vietnam
- JPEPA
- Korea
- Korea-ASEAN
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- New Zealand-China
- New Zealand-Thailand
- PACER & PICTA
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- RCEP
- SAFTA
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- US-Australia
- US-China
- US-India
- US-Korea
- US-Malaysia
- US-Taiwan
- US-Thailand
- Vietnam
Asean and its six major trading partners yesterday reaffirmed their resolve to create the world's largest economic bloc through the "East Asia Free Trade Agreement" and "Comprehen-sive Economic Partnership in East Asia" within 15 years.
Liberalisation in air transport, tourism, telecommunications and healthcare will deepen further next year, when Asean members will be allowed to own 70 per cent of such companies in the region.
Asean and Canada will soon finalise consideration of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), preparing the way for free-trade agreement negotiations.
Despite the existence of agreements among the Pacific island states, intra-regional trade has been low, mainly due to the massive distances and the lack of products to sell one another. In the words of an official of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat: “The islands are hardly going to sell a lot of coconuts and fish to each other.”
A free-trade agreement covering East and South Asia could generate around US$260 billion in additional income and pave the way for further cooperation between the two regions, says a new book from ADB.
The Asian Development Bank has released the first comprehensive survey of the impact on business of East Asia's numerous FTAs.
The leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet again in Bangkok in August to sign free trade agreements with China and India, Thai media reported Saturday after the cancellation of ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.
The Nepal government has unveiled a new commerce policy that aims at economic development and poverty alleviation by enhancing the contribution to national economy through commerce, a media report said on Wednesday.
The 10th summit meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) on Wednesday reaffirmed its determination to move towards establishment of a free trade area in ECO region by 2015 as a priority task.
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.
Referenced sites
ABAC
APEC Business Advisory Council is pushing for an FTA among APEC members
ASEAN Briefing
ASEAN Briefing is a platform dedicated to the various and increasing number of trade treaties and agreements throughout the ASEAN region, produced by tax and...
Asia Regional Integration Center
Database of bilateral and plurilateral FTAs with at least one of Asian Development Bank’s 48 regional members as signatory.
Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA
An Australian government webpage on the Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA negotiations, agreed to end 2004 and begun early 2005.
Macau-China FTA
Official website on the Macau-China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement
PANG
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) plays the role of the Pacific regional “peoples’ watchdog on trade issues”.
