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Australia aims to secure free trade with India by end of 2015

​Australia is determined to secure a free trade agreement with India by the end of 2015, Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said on Friday.

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Myanmar to expand check point at border trade zone with China

Myanmar's commerce authorities are planning to expand the existing check point at Muse Border Trade Zone with China in light of increased trade between the two countries, a semi-official media reported Monday.

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Turkey suffers spillover impact by sanctions on Russia

​Turkish businessmen have started to feel the impact of Russian economic crisis especially in the field of tourism, suitcase trade and exports, Turkish industry chambers and tourism professional said here on Saturday.

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Solar ruling dims Sino-U.S. cooperation

The latest U.S. ruling on Chinese solar products sent negative signals of trade protectionism to the world and will inevitably impair bilateral economic relations.

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China poised to be largest export market for GCC countries by 2020

​Asian countries, China and India in particular, are poised to become the biggest trading partners of the six Arab oil states of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries, said a report released on Tuesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Dubai-based Falcon and Associates.

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China eyes more free trade parks to invigorate growth

Just more than a year after the successful launch of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), the government is planning several similar zones to invigorate the faltering economy.

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China's creation of AIIB to facilitate trade in ASEAN: former Thai deputy PM

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) recently established by China is very timely and will be beneficial to the nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Thailand's former deputy prime minister Korn Dabbaransi said here Saturday.

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AEC starting point to connect ASEAN with neighbors: former Thai deputy PM

Thailand's former deputy prime minister Korn Dabbaransi said here Saturday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries should not confine themselves within the boundary of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) as its community building process is scheduled to be accomplished in 2015.

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Russia plans to become reliable energy supplier to Asian markets

​Russia wants to become a reliable energy supplier to the Asian markets, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with India's semi-official news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).

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Obama meets Prince William at White House

​U.S. President Barack Obama met with Britain's Prince William at the White House on Monday, and discussed with him "the long and special relationship" between the two countries, the White House said.

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South Asian leaders meet to break integration deadlock, spur growth

​Leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation met in Nepal's capital Kathmandu to discuss ways to promote integration as the organization pushes towards one community by 2030.

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Free trade zone between Customs Union and Vietnam under negotiation: Putin

Negotiations on a free trade zone agreement between the Customs Union and Vietnam are at the final stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.

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China, S. Korea, Japan to hold new talks on trilateral FTA

​China, South Korea and Japan will hold the sixth round of talks for a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) next week, after Beijing and Seoul concluded the substantive negotiations for a bilateral FTA, the trade ministry said on Sunday.

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India's trade deficit rises to 13.35 bn USD in October

​India's exports contracted by 5.04 percent to 26 billion U.S. dollars in October while imports grew by 3.62 percent, leaving a trade deficit of 13.35 billion dollars, government data showed on Monday.

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China, Australia conclude FTA talks, pledge zero tariffs

​China and Australia on Monday signed a declaration of intent on practically concluding bilateral negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).

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U.S., India reach agreement on food security, paving way for global trade deal

​The United States and India reached an agreement on public stockpiling of food, said the U.S. trade representative on Thursday, clearing the way for the full implementation of the global Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) that has been stalled for months.

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ASEAN-China trade expected to reach 500 bln USD by 2015

Southeast Asian countries hope to achieve the two-way trade goal with China of 500 billion U.S. dollars by 2015 and 1 trillion dollars by 2020, as well as two-way investment of 150 billion dollars by 2020.