BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: AFTA
- ASEAN Free Trade Area
Additional Resources
- AFTA in proposal to scrap TCF
- The Australian Federation of Travel Agents has called for the scrapping of the Travel Compensation Fund as part of sweeping changes to consumer financial protection in Australia. But in a surprise move, AFTA has stepped back from recommending consumers pay into a central fund to replace the 23-year-old TCF....
- News items 2009-09-01
- AFTA to shake-up local electronics sector: LG Electronics has invested $600,000 its first digital centre in Ho Chi Minh City. Bao Giang talks with the firm's vice-president Michael Ahn about the consequences of AFTA and how he sees the electronic industry
- Is this a consequence of Vietnam's joining AFTA on July 1? Are electronic products under more intense competitive pressure because of this? Is this a consequence of Vietnam's joining AFTA on July 1? Are electronic products under more intense competitive pressure because of this?
- Research articles 2003-07-14
- AFTA faces up to major issues.
- Jul 26, 2002 Travel Week ABIX via COMTEX -- The Australian Association of Travel Agents AFTA is holding its annual conference in late July 2002. Mike Hatton, the CEO of AFTA, notes that the last year has held a number of triumphs. AFTA has...
- Research articles 2002-07-26
- Swedish Marque in the dark on tariffs under Afta, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 09-10-2003 VOLVO'S car dealer in Malaysia, Swedish Marque Sdn Bhd, remains in the dark on the tariff structure for imported cars under the Asean Free Trade Area Afta regime which is scheduled to go full scale come ye...
- Research articles 2003-09-10
- AFTA to spend $200K on crisis seminars for agents.
- Byline: Louise Longman Mar 07, 2006 (Travel Week - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian travel agents will be offered training in dealing with crises in 2006. The Australian...
- Research articles 2006-03-07
- AFTA-TCF showdown.
- Nov 28, 2002 (Travel Week - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Federation of Travel Agents AFTA is dissatisfied with the way the Travel Compensation Fund TCF operates. Mike Hatton, the CEO of the federation, will meet with the fund on 26 November 2002 to...
- Research articles 2002-11-28
- Tasman Express: AFTA calls in lawyers.
- Aug 26, 2003 (Travel Week - ABIX via COMTEX) Air New Zealand has launched reduced fares for customers booking via the Internet. The airline is hoping that one-third of its Tasman Express business would come from online bookings. However, the Australian Federation of Travel...
- Research articles 2003-08-26
- AFTA moves to end IATA reign.
- Aug 02, 2002 Traveltrade ABIX via COMTEX -- The Australian Federation of Travel Agents AFTA has made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC. AFTA objected to the International Air Transport Association's IATA exclusive control of the agency program. The ...
- Research articles 2002-08-02
- After AFTA, INVESTOR DIGEST
- Investor Digest Malaysia 06-16-2003 WHILE Malaysians are not likely to see prices of luxury cars like the Mercedes taking a steep dive with the coming into force of the impending Asean Free Trade Area AFTA agreement aimed at dismantling protective ...
- Research articles 2003-06-16
- Maxwell is new AFTA chairman.
- Oct 22, 2002 (Packaging - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Flexographic Technical Association AFTA has a new chairman. Andrew Maxwell, the group manager of printing technology at Amcor Flexibles Australia, takes the helm of the industry body. Maxwell started in the sector 18 years...
- Research articles 2002-10-22
- No hints from TCF regarding AFTA proposal
- Tourism Compensation Fund TCF boss Glen Wells and chairman John Holloway have declined to comment on a proposal released by the Australian Federation of Travel Agents AFTA to scrap the body. The discussion paper – which was released on Tuesday by AFTA - proposed the fund be scrapped and customers independently take out supplier...
- News items 2009-09-02
- 2006: year zero: The year is 2006: Vietnam has joined the Asean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). Import tariffs have been cut to a minimum for goods produced in Asean countries, and incoming firms have created red hot competition for foreign-invested companie
- 2006: year zero: The year is 2006: Vietnam has joined the Asean Free Trade Agreement AFTA. Import tariffs have been cut to a minimum for goods produced in Asean countries, and incoming firms have created red hot competition for foreign-invested companies already in the country ... Dang Cuong examines four...
- Research articles 2002-05-20
- Groundswell of support for AFTA "positive facts" campaign.
- May 16, 2003 (Travel Week - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Federation of Travel Agents AFTA has developed an advertising campaign to combat recent negative publicity. The association has earmarked $A30,000 to start the campaign, which is receiving practical assistance from Qantas, Travelscene and...
- Research articles 2003-05-16
- Triforium plans to penetrate regional mart through Afta, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 07-13-2002 TRIFORIUM Engineering Sdn Bhd, a local license plate manufacturer, plans to penetrate the regional market by taking advantage of market liberalization under the Asian Free Trade Area Afta. The expansion plan will be made...
- Research articles 2002-07-13
- AFTA Warns Higher Prices for US Consumers.(if Congress reverses Supreme Court ruling in L'Anza v. Quality King Distributors)
- 00-00-0000 A move in Congress to reverse the recent United States Supreme Court decision in L'Anza v. Quality King Distributors will reportedly mean higher prices for discount retailers who will no longer be able to pass on savings to consumers, according to Lee Sandler, general...
- Research articles 1998-09-01
- Air NZ defends commission cuts.
- Jun 17, 2002 Travel Talk Asia Pacific ABIX via COMTEX -- Air New Zealand Air NZ is being attacked by travel agents for its plans to cut the base commission for the NZ market from October 2002. The Australian Federation of Travel Agents AFTA ...
- Research articles 2002-06-18
- Big boys are beefing up Malaysian operations, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 07-04-2000 EVEN as Malaysia's home-grown automotive industry gets a two-year reprieve from head-to-head competition with foreign carmakers under Asian Free Trade Area Afta rules, the big boys are beefing up Malaysian Business Times Malaysia ...
- Research articles 2000-07-04
- Toyota optimistic about prospects in Asean mart, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 02-20-2001 JAPAN'S largest car manufacturer, Toyota Motor Corp, welcomes the Asean Free Trade Area Afta initiative, and while awaiting its full implementation is actively promoting the Asean Industrial Cooperation (A Business Times Malaysia 02-20-2001...
- Research articles 2001-02-20
- Land Rover may source Freelanders from Thailand, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 12-18-2002 UK-BASED Land Rover has not ruled out the possibility of sourcing its Freelander 4X4 model from Thailand for the Malaysian market when Asian Free Trade Area Afta takes effect in 2005. Land Rover Malaysi...
- Research articles 2002-12-18
- Local car assemblers increasing capacity (HL), BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 12-16-2002 LOCAL carmakers and assembling plants are scrambling to increase capacity before 2005 when the local car market is liberalised under the Asian Free Trade Area Afta. It is the new kids on the block who...
- Research articles 2002-12-16
