[lbo-talk] ASEAN and Australia in surprise FTA talks

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Apr 23 08:10:07 PDT 2004


Grant Lee quoted:


>The unexpected approach by the 10-member Association of South-East Asian
>Nations comes just six months after Australia's arch-enemy in the region,
>former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, stepped down from
>politics. Dr Mahathir twice vetoed negotiations, in 1995 and 2000, when
>Australia and New Zealand sought to join ASEAN's free trade area.

Why was Mahathir so down on Australia?

Doug



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