Maximising benefits of Asean-China Free Trade Area

THE creation of an Asean-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) would create market opportunities and challenges for both Asean and China but to complement China, Asean would first have to put its own house in order, Asean-Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Myanmar president Pyone Maung Maung said. 

“Asean must be a single unified economy in the form of Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) if it is to better complement with and benefit from China's growing economy,'' Pyone told a special forum on Asean-China FTA: Maximising The Benefits at the second day of the Malaysia-China Partnership Summit 2003 in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, yesterday.