Tough start to Pacific Century

Published January 6, 2010

It got little attention in Canada, but on Dec. 30 the world's biggest free trade area in terms of population (about 1.9 billion people) came into force with a free trade agreement between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Under the agreement, 90 per cent of goods traded between China and the ASEAN countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines Singapore and Brunei) will be tariff-free,...

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