Thailand
Keen On Importing Assam Tea
The Assam Tribune, 20 August 2009
Encouraged by the new FTA)between India and ASEAN, Advisor to the
Thai Prime Minister Dr Trairong Suwankiri has asked the tea producers
of Assam to explore the Thai market.
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Indian
Trade Pacts Will Contribute To Economic Integration Of Region
Turkish Weekly, 20 August 2009
Two trade pacts signed recently between India and the ASEAN and
India and South Korea are expected to promote economic integration
of one of the world's fastest growing regions. The pacts also signal
that India is keen to attract more investment from East Asia.
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Australia-
Regional Trade Ministers Strengthen Trade And Economic Links
ISRIA,
19 August 2009
Minister for Trade Simon Crean met with ministers from the ten ASEAN
countries and New Zealand in Bangkok, Thailand, to work towards
entry into force of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
(AANZFTA) on 1 January 2010.
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ASEAN+6
countries moving closer to intra-regional FTA
www.chinaview.cn, 16 August 2009
The 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) and related meetings
under the theme: "Walk Together, Work Together towards AEC,"
focused on the economic integration within the ASEAN region as the
ASEAN Economic Community is expected to complete in 2015, in which
investment, capital and skilled labor can flow freely.
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Thailand
Commerce Minister: ASEAN+3, ASEAN+6 Mull Forming Free-Trade Area
NASDAQ, 14 August 2009
According
to Thailand's Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai, Southeast Asian
nations and six countries in Asia plan to conduct studies on forming
an economic integration area and eliminating tariffs on goods traded
among member countries.
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India,
ASEAN to ink FTA today
Financial Express, Aug 13, 2009
Amid protests from domestic quarters and questions raised by several
members of Parliament just a month before, India is geared up to
sign the proposed FTA in goods ASEAN.
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India,
Australia looking at possibility of FTA
India and Australia are looking at the possibility of a FTA and
both countries were also hoping to eventually take bilateral relationship
to the level of strategic partnership.
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http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-90576.html
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S.
Korea, India Sign Bilateral Trade Agreement
People`s
Daily, 08 August 2009
South Korea and India wrapped up their three-and-a-half-year-long
bilateral trade talks signing the so-called Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement(CEPA) which calls for tariff reduction in
auto and other manufacturing sectors in both countries.
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Japan
PM Frontrunner Calls For Single Asian Currency
Google News Aug 7, 2009
Japanese opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, seen as the likely next
prime minister, has called for a single Asian currency to strengthen
the region's economic and political ties.
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