Free trade in Asia: 2 billion consumers

From the 1st of January 2010, Free Trade Agreement will come into term between China and the six ASEAN member countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei).

The four other members states of the organization – Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Burma – are expected to join from 2015 to the agreement, which created the world's largest free trade area, covering nearly two billion consumers – reports Világgazdaság Online, after Financial Times.