Oft awarded company Laservision have taken another gong at the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Tourism Forum.
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Minister for Trade Simon Crean has announced funding of $1 million towards the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), a facility designed to strengthen research on regional economic integration. ERIA will research important structural reforms needed to rebalance Asia’s growth away from exports and towards domestic demand as a way to return [...]
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Parliamentary Secretary for Trade Anthony Byrne has highlighted the growth in opportunities to export food products to the Asian region in his address to the Australian Food and Grocery Council Industry Leaders Conference yesterday. Byrne said the size of the food, beverage and grocery industry was comparable to mining, contributing 2.5 percent to Australia’s gross [...]
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China and Taiwan have both indicated they are ready to begin negotiations on a trade treaty that may see a similar relationship to the one China holds with the special administrative region of Hong Kong. In February, Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou proposed an Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement, which covered tax reductions, market access, investment and [...]
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Investing in sustainable practices will boost businesses’ bottom lines, according to Austrade chief economist Tim Harcourt. He believes that just as exporters have seen growth and profitability by raising wages and implementing good employment practices, businesses that adopt sustainability will see a benefit to their balance sheet as well. “Sustainable business approaches are what the [...]
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Leaders from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to bring the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement into force on January 1, 2010 at their regional meeting yesterday. The FTA is Australia’s largest, and will account for one-fifth of Australia’s two-way trade, or more than $110 billion. The agreement spans the 10 [...]
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This year has proved tumultuous for Indonesia, with the presidential election and Jakarta hotel bombings taking centre stage. In the aftermath, how is the Indonesian market positioned for Australian exporters? Find out some of the trade opportunities available from our northern neighbour presents
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will launch the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the first regional human rights body in the Asia-Pacific, when regional leaders meet in Hua Hin, Thailand, for their annual summit tomorrow. The United Nations has supported the AICHR, but said ASEAN must ensure it establishes the body [...]
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The 10 countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to become the growth area for trade in the next few years, according to Minister for Trade Simon Crean: “With a population of 600 million and a combined GDP of more than A$3 trillion, ASEAN presents significant business, export and investment [...]
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Australian Minister for Trade Simon Crean believes Asia’s economic recovery, and capacity to maintain open trade, will drive global economic recovery. Crean spoke between sessions at last week’s Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference and said the significant growth potential of Asia was key to global revival. Beyond China and India, he predicted [...]
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