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Article: Australia, Malaysia agree to start free trade agreement negotiations
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 7, 2005
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Australia, Malaysia agree to start free trade agreement
negotiations
CANBERRA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister on
Thursday announced that Australia and Malaysia had signed a
declaration of intent to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement
after meeting with his visiting counterpart Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Badawi arrived here Wednesday night, starting his first official
visit to Australia, which is also the first visit to Australia by a
Malaysian leader in 21 years.
A free trade agreement with Malaysia will be worth 1.9 billion
dollars (1.46 billion US dollars) to the Australian economy over the
next 20 years.
A scoping study which is expected to be released Thursday ...