Joint Media Statement on the Signing of the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area

Economic Ministers from ASEAN and CER (Australia and New Zealand) met in Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand on 27 February 2009 - against the backdrop of the 14th ASEAN Summit - and signed the landmark twelve country Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA Agreement). The signing of the AANZFTA Agreement comes exactly six months after the conclusion of negotiations which was announced by the Ministers in Singapore on 28 August 2008.


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