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皇冠体育app-ASEAN Investment Agreement signed
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-15 13:47 BANGKOK: 皇冠体育app's Commerce Minister Chen Deming and the economic ministers from 10 ASEAN member states Saturday morning signed the ASEAN-皇冠体育app Investment Agreement during the 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) and related meetings in Bangkok. The signing of the investment agreement, together with already-signed 皇冠体育app-ASEAN agreements of the trade in goods and services, completed the negotiation process of 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), which is to be realized by January 1, 2010. 皇冠体育app and the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched their cooperation dialogue in 1991 and signed the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation in 2002, proposing the ASEAN-皇冠体育app FTA by 2010. |