This is a delicate time, in the middle of free trade agreement talks between the United States and South Korea. It won't bode well for the FTA talks.
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We've had a long-standing invitation with them to sit down and discuss their concerns and clear up misunderstanding about our efforts. Our objective is to promote the development of new drugs, while also making sure there is access to medicines for those with HIVAIDS and other patients, and that they'll continue to get the most effective medicines. But the FTA will not increase the price of generic and innovative drugs.
Malaysia has been at the forefront of the economic dynamism transforming Asia in recent years. This FTA would be the third we are negotiating in the economically vibrant and strategically important Southeast Asia region.
This week's redundancies also serve as a reminder not to talk up the benefits of a Free Trade Agreement with China. While some will argue the benefits in a FTA for New Zealand agricultural exporters, the effects on the 300,000 workers employed in the manufacturing industries could be devastating.
I am pleased with the success of our FTA so far. After only one year, the U. S.-Australia FTA has expanded trade in goods and services, benefiting the citizens of both countries.
Among all the FTA negotiations that China has been in, the negotiation with the ASEAN is definitely the fastest and most fruitful one.
I trust that Taiwan is an ideal (FTA) partner for the Philippines. Taiwan is one of the top trading countries in the world, and the Philippines has a comparative advantage (when it comes to) labor- and capital-intensive industries.
The FTA with China will be good for Thailand. China is an enormous market of over 1.3 billion people, and their purchasing power is getting stronger every year, but we will have to wait a few years to assess the real benefits.
In 2003, Taiwan and Panama signed an FTA. One year after that (pact) was signed, the trade volume (between those two countries) more than doubled, or grew 112 percent,
For the past 20 years, we have seen positive signals from China to further enhance our linkages. These have been well matched by ASEAN and the ASEAN-China FTA was born,