Stepping up to tackle regional integration
Uni-iapro.org, 28 August 2007
Unions at UNI-Asia Pacific’s Conference in Kuala Lumpur were
urged to work closely together to ensure that there is a social
dimension to the rapidly developing economic integration in South
East Asia. ASEAN is fast tracking market freedoms in 12 key sectors
by 2010 and wants to construct a full economic community and single
market by 2015. There’s even the possibility that the move
could stimulate a wider single market with other countries from
Japan to China and India getting involved.
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Asia urged to forge region-wide free trade bloc
BusinessWorld, 24 August 2007
Speaking
at a symposium of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and
East Asia (ERIA), ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said the sheer size
of the Asia-Pacific region has brought a rapid expansion of free
trade agreements (FTAs).
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Costlier
loans not to deter Asian nations from energy projects
Reuters, Livemint.com, 22 August 2007
Funding for energy infrastructure projects in Asia will get more
expensive as banks tighten credit lines, but it is unlikely to stop
Asian countries from pursuing expansion plans, according to a senior
banker.
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India
Needs Education Push to Stay Ahead of China in IT
The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 August 2007
India must make a huge push in education and infrastructure to ensure
it is not overtaken by China as a global outsourcing destination,
a top industry body warned. China is unlikely to surpass India "in
any significant manner over the next three to five years,"
said Kiran Karnik, president of the Nasscom.
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ASEAN
economic ministers to sign road map to integrate logistics services
to cut trade costs
International Herald Tribune, 22 August 2007
Southeast Asian countries are moving closer toward integration with
a proposed road map to integrate freight, transport and other logistics
services to move goods more cheaply and efficiently.
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Abe
hails ties with India as ‘crucial’
The Financial Times, 20 August 2007
In the course of the three-day state visit, during which Mr Abe
will address a joint session of parliament and visit Calcutta, India
will seek assurances from Japan that it will not oppose the Indo-US
civil nuclear cooperation agreement in the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers
Group. The two countries will also review progress towards a comprehensive
economic partnership, which aims to kick-start their business relationship.
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Japan-funded
E. Asia economic think tank unveiled in Manila+
Brietbart.com,
17 August 2007
A Japanese
government trade group announced the creation of an economic research
institute designed to hasten economic growth and integration of
16 East Asian countries, with an initial endowment of 1 billion
yen from the Japanese government.
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Govt
eyes 40 Japan-India projects
The Yomiuri Shimbun, 16 August 2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to conclude an agreement with India
to promote about 40 projects aimed at increasing cultural, academic
and other exchanges during his forthcoming visit to the country,
according to the government sources.
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ASEAN+3,
a win-win road for integration of East Asia
Chinaview.cn, 8 August 2007
On the last day of July, just days before the 40th Anniversary of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), foreign ministers
from the 10 ASEAN member countries and China, Japan and South Korea
(10+3) gathered in Manila of the Philippines to discuss issues including
economy, politics and security.
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Singaporean
PM says Southeast Asian nations must integrate to survive
International Herald Tribune, August 7, 2007
Southeast Asian nations must integrate or risk becoming irrelevant
in a global economy in which investors are focused on the emergence
of Asian giants China and India, Singapore's Prime Minister.
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Vietnam
seeks to trade with Myanmar through East-West economic corridor
People’s Daily Online, 7 August 2007
Vietnam
is seeking to develop transit trade with Myanmar through the East-West
Economic Corridor Highway covered by the Greater Mekong Subregion
(GMS)- Economic Cooperation Program, according to local media report.
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