Thai Official Says AFTA Has Enabled Tariff-Free Trade Among 6 ASEAN Countries
The Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) announces that in a visit to the ASEAN Secretariat, a delegation from the Office of Thailand Trade Representative stated that the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) has enabled the ASEAN-6 -- Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia,…
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Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand -- to import and export almost all goods across their borders at no tariff. The representative stated that the entry into force of AFTA is one of ASEAN’s tangible achievements in the economic front this year, taking the region one step closer to building an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/15/10 news, 10011599 #6, for BP summary of the AFTA's entry into force on January 1, 2010.)