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China aims to clinch more free trade agreements to boost trade, investment

STORY: China aims to clinch more free trade agreements to boost trade, investment SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MAK CHAMROEUN, Chairman of e-commerce platform AgriBee (Cambodia) STORYLINE: China has planned to step up efforts in enlarging its globally-oriented network of high-standard free trade areas in 2024. China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen told a recent press conference that the country had already inked 22 FTAs with 29 countries or regions, and the combined trade value involved accounted for one third of the country's total foreign trade value. In a move to further share China's opening-up dividends and power regional economic growth, China will enhance efforts on FTA negotiations in 2024, according to Wang. With the negotiations on Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area pending this week in Hangzhou, Wang vowed

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China is a very resilient economy: Pakistani official

STORY: China is a very resilient economy: Pakistani official SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 6, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. file footages of Chinese cities 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ASAD ALI SHAH, Deputy chief of Economic Research and International Cooperation Section, Pakistan's Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives STORYLINE: China's economic performance shows great resilience in the face of external shocks and plays a crucial role in sustaining global economic activity, an official with Pakistan's Ministry of Planning said in a recent interview. SOUNDBITE (English): ASAD ALI SHAH, Deputy chief of Economic Research and International Cooperation Section, Pakistan's Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives "I think China's overall economic performance is very satisfactory. China is a very resilient economy. China's opening up policy, China is integrated with the rest of the world, China is signing more FTAs with di

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Private-sector members seek 8 more FTAs for Japan in 2 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) presides over a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office on Nov. 2. Four private-sector members of the panel called on the government to seek to seal eight more free trade agreements with its negotiating partners in two years.

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Business leaders urge Nikai to promote FTAs, WTO negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai speaks during a meeting with heads of Japan's influential business lobbies at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 7. Business leaders urged Nikai to promote free trade agreements between Japan and Asian economies as well as market-opening negotiations under the World Trade Organization.

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Business leaders urge Nikai to promote FTAs, WTO negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks during a meeting between business leaders and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 7. He urged the minister to promote free trade agreements between Japan and Asian economies as well as market-opening negotiations under the World Trade Organization.

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Japan's basic FTA policy eyes E. Asian community

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) speaks, as Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa listens, at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in Free Trade Agreement negotiations at the premier's office on Dec. 21. The meeting endorsed a basic policy for promoting FTAs, putting priority on striking accords with Asian trading partners to help build an East Asian community.

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(2)Japan agrees with Malaysia, Thailand to reach FTAs early

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) talks with Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Alber in Vientiane on Nov. 28.

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(1)Japan agrees with Malaysia, Thailand to reach FTAs early

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) meets with Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai in Vientiane on Nov. 28.

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Ministers agree to work closely for smooth FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) presides over a meeting of ministers charged with free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Diet building on March 30. They reaffirmed that they will work together closely to smooth the way for negotiations.

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U.S., ASEAN to push for FTAs to up trade, investment

MANILA, Philippines - Trade ministers from the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet the press in Manila on Nov. 20 after the end of their half-day informal consultations. They agreed to push for a U.S. initiative to create a network of free trade agreements (FTAs).

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Japan won't exclude farm, fisheries sector from FTAs: Takebe

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (bottom, L) meets with the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) July 8 in a Tokyo hotel to discuss his ministry's policies. Takebe said Japan should not exclude the farm and fisheries sector when negotiating free trade agreements with other countries.

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Vaccines, FTAs help boost Cambodia's economic recovery: World Bank

STORY: Vaccines, FTAs help boost Cambodia's economic recovery: World Bank DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching event of World Bank's economic update report for Cambodia 2. vaccine arrival and vaccination in Phnom Penh (file) 3. various of buildings, garment factory and other projects (file) STORYLINE: High COVID-19 vaccination rates and free trade agreements (FTAs), namely the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Cambodia-China FTA (CCFTA), have been helping boost Cambodia's economic recovery, said a World Bank economic update report released on Thursday. Cambodia's economy will grow by 4.5 percent in 2022 and around 6 percent annually for the medium term, the report said. However, rising global energy and food prices are expected to fuel the country's inflation to 7.2 percent this year, up from 3.5 percent last year. The Southeast Asian nation has so far administered COVID-19 vaccines to

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Japan's basic FTA policy eyes E. Asian community

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) speaks, as Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa listens, at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in Free Trade Agreement negotiations at the premier's office on Dec. 21. The meeting endorsed a basic policy for promoting FTAs, putting priority on striking accords with Asian trading partners to help build an East Asian community. (Kyodo)

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Business leaders urge Nikai to promote FTAs, WTO negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks during a meeting between business leaders and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 7. He urged the minister to promote free trade agreements between Japan and Asian economies as well as market-opening negotiations under the World Trade Organization. (Kyodo)

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Business leaders urge Nikai to promote FTAs, WTO negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai speaks during a meeting with heads of Japan's influential business lobbies at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 7. Business leaders urged Nikai to promote free trade agreements between Japan and Asian economies as well as market-opening negotiations under the World Trade Organization. (Kyodo)

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Private-sector members seek 8 more FTAs for Japan in 2 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) presides over a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office on Nov. 2. Four private-sector members of the panel called on the government to seek to seal eight more free trade agreements with its negotiating partners in two years. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan agrees with Malaysia, Thailand to reach FTAs early

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) meets with Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai in Vientiane on Nov. 28. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan agrees with Malaysia, Thailand to reach FTAs early

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) talks with Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Alber in Vientiane on Nov. 28. (Kyodo)

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Ministers agree to work closely for smooth FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) presides over a meeting of ministers charged with free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Diet building on March 30. They reaffirmed that they will work together closely to smooth the way for negotiations. (Kyodo)

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U.S., ASEAN to push for FTAs to up trade, investment

MANILA, Philippines - Trade ministers from the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet the press in Manila on Nov. 20 after the end of their half-day informal consultations. They agreed to push for a U.S. initiative to create a network of free trade agreements (FTAs). (Kyodo)

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Japan won't exclude farm, fisheries sector from FTAs: Takebe

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (bottom, L) meets with the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) July 8 in a Tokyo hotel to discuss his ministry's policies. Takebe said Japan should not exclude the farm and fisheries sector when negotiating free trade agreements with other countries.