But it seems that one country (New Zealand???) is still holding thigs up.
According to this morning's Dominion Post
Australia and New Zealand are likely to sign free-trade agreements with 10 Southeast Asian nations within weeks, in a deal aimed at boosting trade between the Pacific countries and a market of over half a billion people.
"I understand it's only a matter of protocol, a matter of procedure. We're working on one country which has some difficulty in this protocol but we think that it's within reach," the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of economy ministers of Asean and other Asia-Pacific countries in Singapore, Surin declined to identify the country.
