"Seattle was just the beginning, " U.S. labor leader John Sweeny told a group of journalists, summoning up the anti-globalization melee at last year's World Trade Organization meeting.

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At the heart of the package is an acceleration of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) scheme, the centerpiece of the group's effort to increase cooperation in the face of economic globalization.

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