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

Thais against Apec FTA
10-Nov-2006     Bangkok Post
Thailand opposes a US proposal to upgrade the voluntary Apec trade agreement to a legally binding Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, saying it is unnecessary and impractical.
Ghana, EU to sign partnership pact
9-Nov-2006     Graphic Ghana
Ghana and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitments to go ahead with signing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) despite calls by the civil society for its immediate suspension.
US wary of move for E Asian economic integration
9-Nov-2006     Yomiuri
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's reported move to launch discussions on the creation of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific region (FTAAP) reflects Washington's wariness of an initiative for East Asia's economic integration centering around the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
US wants APEC-wide free trade pact: report
5-Nov-2006     Khaleej Times
The United States has sounded out its Asian and Pacific partners on the possibility of creating a regional free trade agreement as a ‘middle- and long-term' objective, a press report said on Sunday.
ASEAN's new charter: Don't look now
3-Nov-2006     Asia Times
It could be the most significant development for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since it was established in 1967. Yet few among the regional bloc's 550 million people are even aware that they are about to have a charter for closer cooperation and economic integration.
Bush to push free trade initiative at APEC summit
18-Oct-2006    
US President George W. Bush is expected to push for a plan to improve the patchwork of free trade initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region at the annual APEC summit in Vietnam next month.
ADB official calls for Asia-wide free trade area
3-Oct-2006    
Major obstacles block Asia's prospects of becoming a common market, but a region-wide free-trade area is a realistic goal, an Asian Development Bank official said.
Understanding Fiji's trade agreements
19-Sep-2006     Fiji Times
Most of us are usually kept in the dark when it comes to assessing the impact of trade agreements signed by our government. But this should not be the trend because whatever agreements are signed by our leaders eventually affect us all.
What's to become of them?
18-Sep-2006     New Straits Times
Some 11,700 tobacco farmers in Malaysia - most of them in Kelantan - will be affected come 2010 when the original Asean members of Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore enact zero tariff rates on virtually all imports.
Nepal keen to sign labor agreements with host countries
18-Sep-2006     People's Daily
Nepal is initiating the process of signing bilateral labor agreements with various countries that have been importing Nepali workers, state run Radio Nepal reported Friday.