asean eu free trade agreement (fta)

Partnership and Cooperation Agreements (PCAs) and Free Trade Agreements ( FTAs) with individual ASEAN members The EU is ASEAN's second-largest 

A comprehensive FTA aiming to improve market access for goods and services, covering substan- tially all trade; far-reaching liberalization of serv- ices and investment; a strong focus on the over- all regulatory environment, with special emphasis on non-trade barriers; consultation and mediation; binding provisions on

The new WTO-compatible Free Trade Agreements with emerging countries should contribute to improving competitiveness and growth in Europe and globally and 

with ASEAN and with India and is exploring an FTA with South Korea 2 The EU has, of course, made considerable use of FTAs and RTAs for some time Policy 

The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)1 agreed in May 2007 to begin talks on a possible free trade agreement (FTA) 2 A

Singapore, ASEAN countries' bilateral and collective FTAs are trade-light Intra- ASEAN FTA, the EU should focus on stronger EU-ASEAN trade-related

1 List of abbreviations ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations EU European Union FDI foreign direct investment FTA Free Trade Agreement GATS

Let me now move on to the relations between ASEAN and the European Union and to engage in talks on free trade agreements in addition to the ongoing

ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Nations, EU = European Union, NAFTA = North American Free Trade Agreement, PRC = People's Republic of China,