JAKARTA : Indonesia has said
it will soon discuss with
China its plan to delay the
implementation of the China-ASEAN
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
which came into effect on
January 1 this year. President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said
his government has to protect
the interests of its people,
but at the same time does
not want to be seen as to
renegade on the agreement
which was [
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JAKARTA: China and Southeast
Asia will establish the world's
biggest free trade area (FTA)
on Friday, liberalising billions
of dollars in goods and investments
covering a market of 1.7 billion
consumers. Eight years in
the making, the ASEAN-China
FTA will rival the European
Union and the North American
Free Trade Area in terms of
value and surpass those markets
in terms of [
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Customs &
Regulatory Updates
Countries
Requiring ISPM 15 - Malaysia Malaysia
has published requirements
to adopt ISPM15 for wood packaging
material (WPM). The regulation
will go into effect January
1, 2010. A grace period will
be offered until July 1, 2010.