Services agreements expected at ASEAN summit |
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| ASEAN leaders prior to the official opening of the 12th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the central Philippines city of Cebu. |
| Jan. 13 - Experts have called for China to use the weekend's ASEAN summits to balance and harmonize trade relations and maximise the benefits of economic cooperation.
China and the ASEAN are expected to sign a series of service trade agreements when they meet on Sunday.
That summit follows Saturday's ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan and South Korea) summit.
Until January 16, trade ministers from East and Southeast Asia will meet in Cebu, in the Philippines, for a series of summits originally planned for September 10-14, but canceled after a typhoon hit the popular tourist destination.
Besides Sunday's ASEAN Plus China summit and the ASEAN Plus Three summit, an ASEAN summit and an East Asia summit (covering the ASEAN, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India and New Zealand) will also be held.
The summits will see trade officials discus topics including energy security, finance, education, bird flu, natural disasters response and rescuing the Doha trade talks, which came to a deadlock1 last July.
"Beijing will be happy if it is able to build closer economic ties with the ASEAN," said Xu Ningning, deputy secretary-general of the China-ASEAN Business Council.
An official from the Ministry2 of Foreign Affairs said China and the ASEAN plan to sign service trade agreements during the ASEAN Plus China summit.
"We will take another step toward establishing a China-ASEAN free trade area as the service sector3 markets open wider," he said.
Officials will also draw up plans for further economic cooperation at the summit, he added.
Experts including Xu and Lu Jianren, a senior researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said aside from Sunday's ASEAN Plus China summit, they will also be paying close attention to the ASEAN Plus Three summit.
"It is important for strengthening economic relations among China, the ASEAN and other East Asian nations," said Lu.
Besides China, the ASEAN has started free trade talks with Japan, South Korea, India, the US, and Russia.
But China was the first nation to begin free trade talks and experts say they are proceeding4 at a fast pace.
"China should strengthen relations with the ASEAN," said Zhai Kun, director of Southeast Asian and Oceanian Studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations.
But he added that claims the nation would have no other economic worries if it kept its relationship with the bloc5 on track were naive6. |
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deadlock
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| n.僵局，僵持 |
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- The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
- The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
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ministry
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| n.(政府的)部；牧师 |
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- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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sector
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| n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形 |
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- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
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proceeding
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| n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报 |
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- This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
- The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
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bloc
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| n.集团；联盟 |
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- A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
- There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
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| adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的 |
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- It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
- Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。
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