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The European Union and Australia on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) agreed on the final text of a free trade agreement, two years after negotiations broke down over Australian demands for more red meat market access and complaints about Australian products ... [1]

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand has used the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, to advance international cooperation o [2]

Mrs. Krongkanit Rakcharoen, Director-General of the Department of European Affairs met with H.E. Mr. Pedro Zwahlen, Ambassado (confirmed by 3 sources) [3]

Thai fish farmers are rallying against the government’s proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), voicing concerns about [4]

TOKYO Fukunari Kimura, a professor at Keio University and an expert in Asian trade, indicated in a Nikkei interview that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a proposed free trade agreement, should be a stronghold of free trade, since the... [5]

SYDNEY -- Australia's government remains eager to conclude more free trade agreements in its region, both bilateral pacts and regional deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop tells The Nikkei. [6]

BANGKOK -- To this day, when Thai schoolchildren learn by rote the main achievements of their past prime ministers, they are taught that Anand Panyarachun was responsible for the creation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Free Trade Area... [7]

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's parliament approved Wednesday the world's largest free trade deal, signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, raising the possibility for the pact to enter in... (confirmed by 2 sources) [8]

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[1] MM www.thehindu.com · 2026-03-24 · 75% match

EU and Australia agree on text of free trade pact, announce a new defence partnership

The European Union and Australia on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) agreed on the final text of a free trade agreement, two years after negotiations broke down over Australian demands for more red meat market access and complaints about Australian products

[2] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2026-01-23 · 75% match

Thailand uses WEF Davos 2026 to strengthen cybercrime cooperation and deepen European trade ties

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand has used the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, to advance international cooperation o

[3] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2024-07-15 · 75% match

Talks on FTA between Thailand and European Free Trade Association, visa facilitation for Swiss Nationals

Mrs. Krongkanit Rakcharoen, Director-General of the Department of European Affairs met with H.E. Mr. Pedro Zwahlen, Ambassado

[4] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2024-03-19 · 75% match

Thai fish farmers demand revision of European free trade agreement

Thai fish farmers are rallying against the government’s proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), voicing concerns about

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-02-02 · 75% match

As America retreats, Asia is the last hope for free trade

TOKYO Fukunari Kimura, a professor at Keio University and an expert in Asian trade, indicated in a Nikkei interview that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a proposed free trade agreement, should be a stronghold of free trade, since the

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-26 · 75% match

Australia seeks 80% free trade coverage by 2020

SYDNEY -- Australia's government remains eager to conclude more free trade agreements in its region, both bilateral pacts and regional deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop tells The Nikkei.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-11-11 · 75% match

A low-key meeting in 1991 gave rise to the ASEAN Free Trade Area

BANGKOK -- To this day, when Thai schoolchildren learn by rote the main achievements of their past prime ministers, they are taught that Anand Panyarachun was responsible for the creation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Free Trade Area

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-04-28 · 75% match

Japan approves world's largest free trade pact with China and ASEAN

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's parliament approved Wednesday the world's largest free trade deal, signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, raising the possibility for the pact to enter in

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2024-02-17 · 75% match

Commerce Minister discusses leveraging FTAs and free trade negotiations with auto sector

The government is making efforts to ensure that Thailand remains an important automotive production and export base for the global market. Dep

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-05-26 · 75% match

From Smugglers’ Paradise to Free Trade Gateway

MYAWADDY, Kayin State — As the largest of five official checkpoints for overland trade between Myanmar and Thailand, Myawaddy has long been associated with commerce—often of the illegal kind.

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