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PM Koizumi meets Thai PM, joint news conference

(1 Sep 2005) 1. Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, arriving, being greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi 2. Shinawatra and Koizumi shaking hands and posing for photograph 3. Close up of handshake, pull out to wide, Shinawatra and Koizumi sitting down for meeting 4. Close up of Koizumi, pan to Shinawatra 5. Thai delegation, pan to meeting 6. Close up of Koizumi, pan to Shinawatra 7. Koizumi and Shinawatra arriving for press conference 8. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai Prime Minister: "Despite it being an election period right now and also national disaster prevention day, I am really pleased that we can announce together the reaching of a broad agreement on the shape of our economic co-operation agreement." 9. Cutaway of officials listening 10. Wide of Koizumi and Shinawatra in press conference 11. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese Prime Minister: "Thailand is our biggest trading and investment partner in Asia. This EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement) will strengthen the progress of relations between Thailand and Japan." 12. Cutaway of reporters 13. Koizumi and Shinawatra shaking hands at end of news conference STORYLINE: Japan and Thailand reached a basic agreement on a free trade accord, with some remaining technical issues to be ironed out in the near future, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Japan''s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his Thai counterpart, Thaksin Shinawatra, approved the basic contents of the agreement drawn up last month by officials from the two nations, the ministry said in a statement. The pact aims to reduce tariffs on 35 (b) billion US dollars (euro29 billion) worth of trade between the two countries. Japan is Thailand''s single biggest trading partner, and Thailand is a leading exporter of rice, fruit, shrimp and other food products. The agreement "will strengthen the progress of relations between Thailand and Japan," Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said at a news conference. Koizumi and Thaksin instructed officials of both sides to speed up work on remaining technical issues and finalise the text of the agreement as soon as possible. The pact is expected to be signed "in the earlier part of 2006," the ministry statement said. Under the agreement, Thailand will reduce tariffs on steel products imported from Japan over the next 8-10 years, in order to give time to Thai steel manufacturers to prepare for the competition. Thailand also has agreed to reduce import tariffs on cars with engines of 3,000 cubic centimetres or more to 60 per cent from the current 80 per cent by 2009. Tariffs on imports of automobile parts deemed sensitive by the Thai authorities will be eliminated by 2013, while tariffs on imports of other parts will be eliminated by 2011, according to the ministry statement. Thailand, which doesn''t have its own car companies, serves a major parts production and assembly base for the world''s big auto companies, including Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. Meanwhile, Japan will cut tariffs on Thai boneless and cooked chicken over five years and immediately abolish duties on shrimp and tropical fruit. Trade between Japan and Thailand totalled 35.79 (b) billion US dollars (euro29.34 billion) last year. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...