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Malaysia says US will abandon trade pact negotiations
AFP - Thursday, November 19Malaysia said Wednesday that Washington had indicated it will abandon a bilateral free-trade deal under negotiation since 2006, and will instead work towards a regional trade pact.
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APEC leaders vow new economic model after crisis
AFP - Monday, November 16Asia-Pacific powers including the United States and China Sunday vowed to overhaul the crisis-stricken world economy, rejecting protectionism and touting plans for a gargantuan free market.
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Obama under fire on trade as Asia-Pacific leaders meet
AFP - Sunday, November 15US President Barack Obama came under fire Saturday from Asia-Pacific leaders for backsliding on free trade at a regional summit devoted to driving the world economy out of crisis.
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Obama boosts hopes for free trade in Asia-Pacific
AP - Sunday, November 15President Barack Obama raised hopes for creating an Asia-Pacific free-trade region by announcing Saturday that the U.S. would seek to join a smaller group seen as a precursor to a broader Pacific Rim agreement.
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New Zealand, Hong Kong agree free trade deal
Reuters - Friday, November 13WELLINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - New Zealand has reached a free trade agreement with Hong Kong, its ninth biggest export market and eight biggest foreign investor, aimed at boosting business worth more than NZ$1 billion ($730 million), the trade minister said on Friday.
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Costa Rica coffee growers eye China free trade deal
Reuters - Friday, November 13* Free trade deal would open China to Costa Rica coffee
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APEC eyes trans-Pacific free-trade zone
AFP - Friday, November 13Asia-Pacific economies pledged on Thursday to pursue a giant free-trade zone covering 2.6 billion people and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change.
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Currency tensions flare as Obama heads to APEC
AFP - Friday, November 13Asia-Pacific ministers representing 2.6 billion people pledged to pursue a vast free-trade zone on Thursday, but faced more pressing tensions over the US and Chinese currencies at annual talks.
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SKorea, Peru seek to conclude free-trade deal
AP - Friday, November 13The presidents of South Korea and Peru agreed Thursday to expand economic ties and called for efforts to quickly conclude free-trade negotiations.
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Peru's Garcia: free trade deal with S.Korea near
AFP - Thursday, November 12Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Thursday a free trade deal between his resource-rich country and South Korea is near.
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Peru president says near trade deal with South Korea
Reuters - Thursday, November 12SEOUL, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Resource-rich Peru is close to sealing a free trade agreement with South Korea that will expand their $1.6 billion a year bilateral trade, Peru's President Alan Garcia said on Thursday.
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SKorea, Chile agree to revise free trade pact
AFP - Wednesday, November 11The leaders of South Korea and Chile agreed Wednesday that a free trade pact signed five years ago should be revised to further strengthen economic ties, officials said.
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Singapore calls for Asia-Pacific free trade area
AP - Wednesday, November 11Singapore called Tuesday for creating an ambitious Asia-Pacific free trade area comprising about half of global trade, as it warned nations that any backsliding on trade liberalization would be disastrous.
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SKorea wants Obama to be aggressive on trade pact
AFP - Tuesday, November 10South Korea wants US President Barack Obama to push more aggressively for approval of a free trade agreement the two countries signed more than two years ago, a Seoul official said Monday.
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