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

East Asia Summit to discuss FTA between Asian nations: SM Goh
4-Nov-2005     Channel News Asia
Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said the East Asia Summit next month would discuss the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement between East Asian countries.
ASEAN talks hit a trade barrier
23-Oct-2005     The Age
Australia and New Zealand want a comprehensive free trade agreement with ASEAN, but some ASEAN nations have no competition policy, and reject any negotiations on intellectual property and government procurement.
SE Asian nations hasten push for integration on oil price fears
28-Sep-2005     AFP
Southeast Asian economic ministers knuckled down here Wednesday to thrash out free trade agreements (FTA), with historically high oil prices intensifying calls for greater regional cooperation.
If FTA is signed between Turkey and Egypt, we expect a burst in bilateral relations
27-Sep-2005     Turkish Press
Turkish Industry & Trade Minister Ali Coskun said Turkey and Egypt are on the last step to sign FTA between the two countries.
Asian regional workshop on bilateral free trade agreements
22-Sep-2005    
The Asian Regional Workshop on Bilateral Free Trade Agreements was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 26-28 August 2005. It was organized by the Third World Network and attended by about 120 participants from many Asian countries.
An Asian economic community?
20-Sep-2005     Economic Times
There is a lot of anxiety in the developed world that Asia, buttressed by markets such as China and India, might be emerging as a big free trade block by itself.
Indonesian Trade Minister cautious on FTAs among APEC members
8-Sep-2005     Asia Pulse
Indonesia's trade minister expressed caution Tuesday on the formation of free trade agreements (FTAs) within the Asia Pacific region.
Preferential trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region
1-Sep-2005    
This IMF working paper of July 2005 describes the proliferation of PTAs in the Asia-Pacific region, discusses their characteristics and implementation, and assesses their potential effects.
D-8 sets target for final draft of PTA
19-Aug-2005     Bangladesh Web
D-8 region consisting of eight Muslim countries -- Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey -- has set the end of 2005 as the target for the finalisation of the last draft of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA).
East Asian Free Trade Agreement (EAFTA): The road to better quality life?
15-Aug-2005     AIM
Countries in East Asia that are parties to, or in the process of negotiating, one or more free trade arrangements not only with countries within the region but outside the region as well, are looming to take the “hub and spoke” characteristic -- for example, ASEAN-China (2010), ASEAN-Japan (2012), and ASEAN-Korea, and Japan-Singapore (2002) and Japan-Philippines. Whether ASEAN would be the hub or spoke remains to be seen.