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

Trade deals must embrace APEC
13-Sep-2004    
Asia-Pacific free trade has to be front and centre of any bilateral trade deals struck in the region, a key American business leader says.
APEC meet urges FTA
6-Sep-2004     NDTV.com
Finance Ministers from the 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) explored a wide free trade agreement on Thursday at a conference in Chile.
Mongolia Seeks US Free-Trade Pact To Protect Textile Pdts
3-Sep-2004    
Mongolia is seeking to protect its textile industry from the expiry of U.S. quotas at the end of 2004 by inking a free-trade deal with the U.S., a Mongolian official said Thursday.
ANALYSIS: Japan, Asia face bumpy road toward free trade
3-Sep-2004     Reuters
Japan, keen not to lose ground to China, is stepping up its pursuit of regional and bilateral free trade pacts, but the path to success will be bumpy and some experts question how committed Tokyo really is.
US and Mongolia sign bilateral TIFA
16-Jul-2004     United States and Mongolia Sign Bilateral Trade and Investment
The United States and Mongolia today further enhanced their growing economic and trade partnership by signing a bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
Aus-NZ Closer Economic Relations: Sutton welcomes proposal to liberalise CER rules
11-Jun-2004    
Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton today welcomed a new report saying rules governing trans-Tasman trade should be liberalised as they are too restrictive.
US and Central Asia sign regional TIFA
1-Jun-2004    
U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick and representatives from the five Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) today that will provide a forum to address trade issues and will help enhance trade and investment between the United States and Central Asia.
Viet Nam, Laos sign bilateral agreement for 2002
8-Mar-2004     VIET NAM, LAOS SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENT FOR 2002
Viet Nam's Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart, Thonglune Sisoulit, today, Jan. 15, signed in Vientiane an agreement on economic, cultural, scientific and technical cooperation for 2002 between the two countries.
Why Asian countries are racing to sign bilateral trade deals with each other
26-Feb-2004    
With everyone but Mongolia and North Korea doing it, even South Korea's protectionists could not resist any longer. After three failed attempts, the National Assembly finally ratified the country's first-ever free-trade agreement (FTA) last week.