澳大利亚将于今日同马来西亚签订自由贸易协定（FTA），该项协定旨在为困难重重的双边贸易谈判增加新动力，并促进澳大利亚与其他主要亚洲贸易伙伴的合作进程。
此外，澳大利亚也在同韩国、日本及中国商谈自由贸易协定，其中北京和东京达成协议的进程较缓。
澳方发言人、澳大利亚贸易部长克雷格•艾默生（Craig Emerson）表示，双方定于在吉隆坡签订的协议完成后，马来西亚将会是澳大利亚的第6个自由贸易区。
该协议的马来西亚是东盟进一步比交易,澳大利亚的服务部门给予正确的操作在马来西亚控股操作以及允许访问马来西亚不认可其他东盟国家。
根据协议,超过97%的澳大利亚出售的商品的关税,马来西亚将被淘汰。在返回澳大利亚已同意加快商品关税撤消从马来西亚,澳大利亚报纸报道。
马来西亚是澳大利亚的第九大贸易伙伴双边贸易总额大约130亿美元一年。
艾默生对澳大利亚报刊媒体透露：“这样的协议可以进一步促进贸易增长，对其他国家也有很重要的影响作用。”
澳大利亚已经同新西兰、美国、新加坡、泰国和智利等5国签订了自由贸易协定，并且在2010年与东盟（ASEAN）10个国家签订了区域贸易协议。
目前，这项与马来西亚的自由贸易协定比两年前的东盟协定更深入，允许澳大利亚在马来西亚控股操纵服务产业，且无需其他东盟国家同意。
报纸报道，根据该协议，超过97%的澳大利亚在马销售商品需削减关税，而作为回报，澳大利亚也需要对马来西亚在澳销售商品实行免税政策。
马来西亚是澳大利亚的第9大贸易合作伙伴，每年的双边贸易总额大约为130亿美元。
（1澳元=0.98美元）
Australia will sign a free trade agreement(FTA) with Malaysia on Tuesday in a move it hopes will add new momentum to stalled bilateral trade talks with other key Asian trading partners.
Australia is still negotiating free trade deals with South Korea, Japan and China, with progress in reaching agreement with Beijing and Tokyo slow.
The deal with Malaysia, which will be Australia's sixth FTA, will be signed in Kuala Lumpur, said a spokesman for Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson.
"Such agreements can generate momentum for further deals, providing a head-turning effect from other countries," Emerson told the Australian newspaper.
Australia already boasts FTAs with New Zealand, the United States, Singapore, Thailand and Chile, and reached a regional trade deal with 10 ASEAN countries in 2010.
The agreement with Malaysia is a step further than the ASEAN deal, granting Australia's service sector the right to operate majority-owned operations in Malaysia and allowing access to Malaysia without endorsement from other ASEAN countries.
Under the deal, more than 97 percent of tariffs on Australian goods sold in Malaysia will be eliminated. In return Australia has agreed to accelerate the removal of tariffs for goods from Malaysia, the Australian newspaper reported.
Malaysia is Australia's ninth-biggest trading partner with two-way trade worth about $13 billion a year.
(A$1=$0.98)
