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Ash, newsprint, and rubber, on which the group would cooperate in the construction of major
Plants. The Association also agreed to set up a permanent secretariat. Brunei joined the Association
In 1984, Vietnam in 1995 and Burma and Laos in 1997. Import tariffs on intra-ASEAN trade
Were be reduced to a maximum of 5 per cent by 2003, subject to the right to exclude some sensitive
Traded goods or services.
21.7.1.4. Read the text “Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation” and answer the question: How
many countries are there in APEC?
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was a forum of, originally, fifteen Pacific Rim countries,
Formed in 1989 on the initiative of Australia. In 1992, a secretariat was opened in Singapore,
And in 1994 an agreement was reached for the establishment of a free-trade area. The advanced
Countries in the group should achieve the objective by 2010, and the developing countries by 2020.
At a meeting in Osaka in 1995 the member countries agreed to reduce import tariffs and liberalize
Services, public procurement contracts and foreign investment. It was accepted that flexibility should
Be allowed in the implementation of measures by the developing countries in the group and in
Relation to particularly sensitive areas, such as agriculture. The APEC countries agreed that the
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