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ASEAN can aim for 100% tariff-free trade to boost integration efforts, says PM Wong. The regional bloc can also do more to deepen ties with its external partners, said Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Day One of the 46th ASEAN summit.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should go further in its integration efforts, including aiming to be "100 per cent tariff-free" within its free trade area, said Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Monday (May 26).


The 10-member regional bloc also can deepen collaboration with external partners, both existing & new, amid an increasingly challenging global environment, Mr Wong said on first day of the 46th ASEAN Summit in KL.

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