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Asean aims to finalise its free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada by the end of next year, says Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

He said this timeframe was decided upon during the Asean Economic Ministers (AEM)-Canada consultation on Friday (Sept 26).

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00:00Today we have finished the report of ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS with Canada.
00:05The first focus of our report is in the talk of ASEAN-KANADA FTA,
00:12in which we have agreed to try to make ASEAN-KANADA FTA in the end of the year of 2026.
00:22In the same time, we have been talking about the progress, the development of ASEAN-KANADA FTA,
00:31so we are optimistic that we can finish the process of ASEAN-KANADA FTA.
00:38Especially in the issue-isual issues that are difficult,
00:44we are willing to make Canada more flexible in the discussion,
00:48and they are more visible, especially in Malaysia and 7 countries in ASEAN-KANADA FTA
00:55have actually done a campaign with Canada through CPTPP.
01:03But we want to be inclusive, so we need to make sure that ASEAN-KANADA FTA can be included.
01:09The issue of the second issue is the work plan between ASEAN and KANADA,
01:15the work plan for 2026-2030, and the last issue is that ASEAN-KANADA FTA
01:22will continue to support the principles of multilateralism.
01:26We all want to make sure that the rule of multilateral rule-based trading system,
01:34in which the WTO is important, will continue to support and support.
01:40Isu-isu yang lambatkan FTA itu antara yang...
01:44Isu-isu ialah untuk, kerana semua negara dalam ASEAN mempunyai pandangan yang berbeza,
01:50jadi dengan 10 negara yang ada fokus yang berbeza, tidak begitu mudah.
01:56Daripada masa yang sama, kita mahukan FTA yang relevan untuk semua,
02:04dan oleh itu, memerlukan lebih masa,
02:09terutamanya untuk negara-negara yang bukan dalam CPTPP.
02:12CPTPP, negara-negara ASEAN yang bukan dalam CPTPP.
02:15memang bang...
02:26bermula-negara ASEAN
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