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FTA to lead to
increased trade between India, Thailand
The free trade agreement between India and Thailand will result
in significant creation of business as a result of increase in the
level of two-way trade between the two countries, said analysts.
SAPTA hasn’t
worked, but Indo-Thai FTA looks good: Vajpayee
The Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee has regretted that the
South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement languished because
of the “unreasonable obstructions” of one country, an
indirect reference to Pakistan, but expressed confidence that the
proposed India-Thailand Free Trade Agreement would be successful
in meeting its objectives.
Walmart confronts
China’s top trade union
Walmart has repeatedly refused to set up trade unions in its branches
in China despite the ruling communist party-backed labour body threatening
to take the world’s biggest retailer to court, according to
a recent report.
Singapore, South
Korea urged to kick off early FTA talks
Singapore and South Korea moved a step closer to a free trade agreement
(FTA) here with the release of a joint report which urged an early
start to negotiations on the deal.
Japan signs pact
with ASEAN for eventual free trade deal
Japan is working towards keeping its big stake in Southeast Asia,
while doing away with barriers standing in the way of mutual trade.
Southeast Asian
leaders sign blueprint for economic community
Leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations ranging from fledgling democracies
to an absolute monarchy have signed a landmark accord aimed at wrestling
their disparate region into a European-style economic community
by 2020.
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