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Laos kicks off ASEAN chair – security, integration on top of agenda
Laos this week kicked off its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, with an agenda-setting meeting of the bloc’s foreign...
ASEAN Economic Community formally created – is it real?
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, on November 22 declared the establishment of the long-planned regional economic bloc, the ASEAN...
Malaysia’s carmakers to suffer from AEC competition
The protection granted to Malaysia's national carmakers Proton and Perodua will cause the country to lose out to neighbours when the ASEAN Economic Community...
Myanmar says it wants to launch the AEC by January 1, 2015
The Myanmar government plans to implement the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by January 1, 2015, according to the Minister for National Planning and Economic...
Look to ASEAN! Philippines businesses urged
With one eye on the pending ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Samie Lim, the Philippines ‘Champion of Franchising’ urged fellow franchisors to view ASEAN as...
Getting the ASEAN Economic Community train back on track
A recent report by the CIMB ASEAN Research Institute published on June 20 and titled The ASEAN Economic Community: The Status of Implementation shed...
AEC: Will it just remain a vision?
The 22nd ASEAN Summit in Brunei has made a very clear statement with regards to the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community. It turned out that ten-member bloc will most likely not be able to meet its target.
AEC formation in 2015 highly unrealistic
The ten-member bloc of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) will most likely not meet its ambitious target of forming the ASEAN Economic Community...
Philippines, Thailand focus on Cambodia
Cambodia’s booming construction sector has led to major ASEAN powers seeking greater business relations with the fledgling economy, namely the the Philippines and Thailand
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...