Cempaka Business and Economy: ASEAN, India to ink FTA soon, boost trade by 30%

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

ASEAN, India to ink FTA soon, boost trade by 30%

Alfian, THE JAKARTA POST, NEW DELHI | Tue, 01/27/2009 11:18 AM

After a string of protracted negotiations since 2003, ASEAN is to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with India during its next month’s summit.

With a combined market of 1.72 billion people, the deal will form the world’s second largest FTA after the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and China FTA in 2007.

ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan told The Jakarta Post during a recent trade meeting the FTA would be signed during the group’s summit from Feb. 27 until March 1 at Hua Hin beach resort, around 130 kilometers south-west of Bangkok, Thailand.

“It (the FTA) has been completed to the satisfaction of both sides. We are only waiting for the day that we sign our respective signature on the document,” said Pitsuwan on the sideline of the Delhi Dialogue, held recently in New Delhi, India.

The dialogue discussed future potential ASEAN-India cooperation in business and security.

Pitsuwan believed the deal would boost merchandise trade volume between the two regions by more than 30 percent this year.

“We are hoping that by 2010, two-way trade volume would reach US$50 billion. I think the new flexibility from both sides would certainly encourage us to grow very very fast in our mutual cooperation,” he said.

The trade volume between the two regions was estimated to reach more than US$40 billion in 2008, up from US$37 billion in 2007, according to Pitsuwan. ASEAN has been enjoying a trade surplus against India. In 2007, ASEAN exports to India reached US$24.66 billion, while only importing US$12.42 billion.

ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Pitsuwan is upbeat no ASEAN member countries would be left out from the benefit of the FTA.

“We export more to India than India to us,” he said.

Pitsuwan said ASEAN and India would immediately commence negotiations on trade in services and investment flows.

ASEAN and India concluded the FTA negotiations in August, 2008, under which Indian tariffs will reduce to zero on 3,666 items imported from ASEAN by the end of 2012.

The items include fans, air-conditioner parts, refrigerators, jewellery and ornamental goods, rubber products and plastic resins.

However, this FTA would not apply to all goods. For example, about 600 Indian agricultural products will be exempted from the FTA.

Indian businessmen said the deal would help ASEAN countries and India to mitigate the negative impacts of the deepening global economic slump.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), said the positive impact of the FTA might not be seen immediately due to the crisis.

“We need to see how long the economic slowdown will play out.”

“The agreement will strengthen the market, exports and investment flows, in a sense you create an island which has lesser dependence on the volatility in the West,” said Chandrasekhar.

Krishan Kumar Modi, Chairman of Modi Enterprises, one of the India’s largest agrochemical commodity producers, said his company could boost sales to ASEAN by up to 400 percent .

Indonesia-India relations

Indonesia’s population is 230 million while that of India is 1.147 billion.
Bilateral trade topped US$6.55 billion in 2007, leaping from $4.79 billion in 2006. In 2010, trade is forecast to reach $10 billion. Balance of trade is heavily in favor of Indonesia.
Indonesia mainly exports palm oil, coal, copper ore, alcohols, phenols, rubber, fruit and nuts to India and imports hydrocarbons, animal feed, flat rolled steel products, alloy steel, sugar molasses, cotton, aluminium and telecommunications equipment.

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