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elationship. 16 To improve global market opportunities and attract investment, ASEAN has implemented FTAs with Australia and New Zealand (in a single FTA), China, India, Japan, and Korea (box 2.3). 17 Individual ASEAN countries have also implemented FTAs with various partners, resulting in an overlapping web of FTAs. 18 FIGURE 2.1 ASEAN trade, by partner, 2005 and 2009 ROW, 21% 2005 ASEAN, 25% ROW, 22% 2009 ASEAN, 24% India, 2% ANZ, 3% Korea, 4% United States, 13% China, 9% Total trade: $1.2 trillion Source: ASEAN Secretariat Yearbook. EU25, 11% Japan, 13% India, 3% ANZ, 3% Korea, 5% United China, States, 11% 10% Total trade: $1.5 trillion EU25, 11% Japan, 12% Note: ROW = rest of the world; ANZ = Australia and New Zealand; EU25 = Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Figures may not total to 100 percent due to rounding. 16 See, for example, ASEAN, Declaration of ASEAN Concord II, October 7, 2003, 3; Cordenillo, “The Future of the ASEAN Free Trade Area and the Free Trade Areas Between ASEAN and Its Dialogue Partners,” n.d. 17 For more information on the status of ASEAN FTAs, see ADB, Free Trade Agreement Database for Asia, http://www.aric.adb.org/. ASEAN is involved with other regional projects as well, such as the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and the ASEAN+3 (with China, Japan, and Korea). 18 See app. E for information on member state FTAs. 2-6
BOX 2.3 ASEAN-wide free trade agreements, 2010 FTA partner Description Status Signed FTAs Australia and New Zealand China India Japan Korea Trade in goods and services; investment; economic cooperation; and legal and institutional issues Trade in goods and services; investment; trade facilitation measures; and economic cooperation in areas of interest Trade in goods and services; investment; and economic cooperation Trade in goods and services; investment; rules of origin; sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures; technical barriers to trade; dispute settlement mechanism; and economic cooperation Trade in goods and services; investment; and economic cooperation in areas of interest Framework Agreement signed in November 2004. FTA with Australia and New Zealand was a single undertaking (covering goods, services, and investment): signed on February 27, 2009; implementation on January 1, 2010. Early Harvest Programme (EHP) entered into effect on January 1, 2004 for ASEAN-6 and China. Duties for EHP products were fully eliminated as of 2006. Trade in Goods Agreement signed on November 29, 2004; entered into effect on July 1, 2005 to reduce tariffs in 2005, 2007, 2009, and January 1, 2010. Trade in Services Agreement and commitments under the First Package signed on January 14, 2007; entered into effect on July 1, 2007. Negotiations are ongoing for the Second Package. Investment Agreement signed on August 15, 2009. Framework Agreement signed on October 8, 2003. Trade in Goods Agreement signed in August 2009, effective January 1, 2010. Negotiations on trade in services and investment ongoing (target date of August 2010 for conclusion). Framework Agreements signed on October 8, 2003. Trade in Goods Agreement signed on April 14, 2008; implemented on December 1, 2008. Negotiations on trade in services are yet to commence. Negotiations on investment are yet to commence. Trade in Goods Agreement signed on August 26, 2006; entered into effect on June 1, 2007. Agreement on Trade in Services signed on November 21, 2007; effective May 1, 2009. Investment Agreement signed on June 2, 2009. 2-7
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Bibliography Asian Productivity Org
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World Trade Organization (WTO). Inf
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Project to stimulate intra-ASEAN pr
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national government source stated t
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strengthen supplier relationships.
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Indonesia has limited potential as
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investment, 67 with much of the inv
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Bibliography Association of Southea
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CHAPTER 5 Wood-based Products: Hard
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some cases, on the export of sawnwo
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industry are limited, particularly
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important factors continue to hampe
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Export Competitiveness In 2008, ASE
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TABLE 5.6 Hardwood plywood and floo
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FDI in hardwood plywood and floorin
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Trade across land routes has been a
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Azarcon, Chulia J. “Comparative T
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Malaysia Timber Industry Board (MTI
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CHAPTER 6 Healthcare: Healthcare Se
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In recent years, the traditional in
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services industry by developing the
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growing populations, and increasing
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has a healthcare MOU with Cambodia.
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competition for foreign patients in
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Singaporean provider provides train
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Giusti, Daniele, Bart Criel, and Xa
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Japanese automakers. Their supplier
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suppliers must be able to meet QCD
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Thailand is considered to be the mo
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Despite the continued implementatio
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Trade Facilitation The timely movem
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Bibliography Aldaba, Rafaelita M.
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Thailand in the 2000’s. “Indust
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productive in climates further from
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ASEAN members Thailand and the Phil
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Tariff, import tariffs on palm oil
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Brunei Burma Cambodia Indonesia Lao
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Hickman, Martin. “Online Protest
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APPENDIX A USTR Request Letter
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APPENDIX C Calendar of Hearing Part
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APPENDIX D Positions of Interested
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Mr. Aquino noted that the Philippin
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FTA (AANZFTA), Australian and New Z
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cumbersome rules of origin, customs
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APPENDIX E Country Profiles
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BURMA ECONOMIC PROFILE Economic Ind
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INDONESIA ECONOMIC PROFILE Economic
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MALAYSIA ECONOMIC PROFILE Economic
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SINGAPORE ECONOMIC PROFILE Economic
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VIETNAM ECONOMIC PROFILE Economic I
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