China FTA on goods had been completed and came into effect on July 1, 2005.
Negotiations to conclude the services and investment agreements are ongoing.
The FTAs negotiated are comprehensive, encompassing tariff reduction/elimination for goods; (...)
making process...more transparency," he said.
Some Asian governments want to turn the web of swaps into a fledgling Asian monetary fund so the region is not dependent on the Western-dominated International Monetary Fund in times of crisis, as was (...)
