FTA with ASEAN comes into force
By Wang Qian and Zhang Jin | China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-02 08:03
Free trade flow expected to help economies recover from slowdown
The world's largest free-trade area (FTA) came into being on Friday, an initiative that analysts said gives a shot in the arm for global trade troubled by rising protectionism.
From Friday, most goods traded between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attracted zero or little tariff.
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