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Myanmar: Myanmar farmers wary of free trade deadline
Myanmar: Myanmar farmers wary of free trade deadline
Friday, 01 July 2016 – Six months into the grace period, Myanmar farmers are worrying what will happen when free trade finally comes to all ASEAN members in 2018. For most of its members, the ASEAN Economic Community came into force on December 31 last year, allowing the free movement of goods and services across the borders of participating countries without tariffs.
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam were granted an extra three years to put their national economies into order, in recognition of their relatively smaller status. The deadline for all non-tariff barriers to be eliminated within ASEAN is 2018. Read More?