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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10217

18 September 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Malaysia is new target for free-trade pact

Brussels, 17/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - After Council approval was granted on 10 September, the EU and Malaysia are expected to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement in October. The European Commission and the Malaysian government will probably launch talks officially on the sidelines of the ASEM summit in Brussels on 4-5 October. While Malaysia is the EU's second largest trade partner in South-East Asia (ASEAN), behind Singapore, bilateral trade in goods is not huge. In 2009, it was...

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