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China and Australia to fast-track FTA study

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
... would be China's first FTA with any country other than Hong Kong and would be modelled on the FTA between Australia and Thailand. The ministers also agreed Australia and China should cooperate more closely to secure a successful conclusion in the World ...

Macquarie Bank buys entire ING Asian equities business

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... 250 across seven nations. The deal will grow the Australian investment bank's head count by 8% and give it presence in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Macquarie head of infrastructure Nicholas Moore said Macquarie would also take up ...

Macquarie Bank considers buying ING Asia businesses

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
... Macquarie and ING said the businesses subject to the due diligence include ING operations in Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. ING's Asian sales and trading desks in London, Asian sales ...

IMF admits mistakes in controversial handling of Asia crisis

... the Pacific, said the IMF was still nutting out where it went wrong when it stepped in with major lending programs for Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia. "I think we have acknowledged that we at the fund did make mistakes during the Asian crisis. Not ...

Dollar looks set for more solid gains

... short-end yields are 2.6%, Latvia's is 3%, Malaysia at 4.5%, Singapore at 0.6%, South Korea at 3.75%, Taiwan at 1.4%, Thailand's 1.3%, Malta at 3%, Argentina at 1.3%, Chile at 2.8%, Mexico at 4.5%, Peru at 2.8% or Venzuela at 1.6%. "The stunningly high ...

Australia looks for free trade deal with US; Thailand deal announced

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2003
... said Australia would lose out from such an agreement because of the sheer size of the American economy. Australia and Thailand yesterday announced they had reached agreement on a free trade deal which could boost Australia's economy by at least $3 billion ...

Australia highlights support for ongoing APEC meeting

... of Alexander Downer, the minister for foreign affairs, Australia's support for APEC in the ongoing meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, was highlighted in this country's Individual Action Plan (IAP). Australia's IAP, as with the other countries, is the primary ...

APEC launches five-day Investment Mart

The five-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Investment Mart has kicked-off today in Bangkok, Thailand, ahead of the 21-nation group's leaders meeting slated for October 18-21. The Investment Mart was established in 1989 and is in response ...

APEC will seek to exorcise the failures of WTO Cancun

... Next week's meeting of heads of states and ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, will focus on multilateral trade and security issues and will aim to further enhance business facilitation among the 21 ...

Senator Campbell calls for single Asia-Pacific finance market

... greatly from an integrated market taking in the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and New Zealand. "A single market with this membership would be an enormous powerhouse, representing ...