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Another Asian free trade pact? PHUKET, Thailand, Feb 7 (Reuters) - An Asian free-trade zone aimed ultimately at encompassing nearly two billion people moved a step closer finalisation on Saturday as seven nations met to work out the final details. Five nations - Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand - were due to approve a deal over the weekend to create a free-trade zone by 2017. Trade ministers were putting the final touches to a pact which proposes the five countries start cutting import taxes on traded items in mid-2006. |
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