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Business Times (Malaysia)

03-06-2004

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A TOTAL of 590 products have been included in the early harvest
package from January 1 under the Asean-China free trade area (FTA) pact
currently under negotiation, International Trade and Industry Minister
Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz says.
The early harvest program involves early market opening for specific
products prior to actual implementation of any FTA.
In 2002, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) and China
agreed to create an FTA covering 1.7 bi

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