International trade
Thailand, Chile sign free trade agreement
Thailand and Chile on October 4 in Bangkok signed a free trade agreement (FTA) to pave the way to eliminate tariffs on 90 per...
Japan, Myanmar sign joint venture for Thilawa SEZ
A joint venture agreement for the second phase of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) outside Yangon will be signed by Japan and Myanmar...
UK pushes for Philippine-EU free trade agreement
The British Embassy in Manila on September 26 pushed for the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the European...
Philippines gets more competitive
The Philippines climbed six notches to 59th place in the newly released Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014 by the World Economic Forum (WEF), from 65th...
Malaysian government launches cost-benefit studies of TPP
Concerns in Malaysia over joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement have prompted the Malaysian government to launch two cost-benefit studies that could...
Survey: US expats in love with Brunei
Expatriates and foreign professionals have rated Brunei as the best country in Southeast Asia to work, a survey by the American Malaysian Chamber of...
Vietnam’s trade surplus with EU at $13.5 billion
Vietnam registered a trade surplus with the European Union of $13.5 billion out of a total bilateral trade of $19 billion in the past...
Bruneians set to gain from TPPA
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), which Brunei Darussalam signed in 2005, has sparked new questions among a relatively small circle of Bruneians. The...
ASEAN ambassadors in Qatar: ‘AEC on track’
ASEAN ambassadors to Qatar on August 7 marked the 46th anniversary of the founding day of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the...
India, ASEAN to sign free trade agreement
On July 31, Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam announced that India and ASEAN will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) on services and investment...
Will Brunei benefit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
Brunei will again stand in the limelight when the next talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the "trade accord of the 21st century", as...
Opposition mounts to Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Opposition both domestic and foreign has steadily mounted since Japan declared its intent to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on March 13, 2013, reaching...
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Philippine free zone investments surge
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), responsible for the promotion of industrial zones in the country to investors, said it has registered an increase in...
Latin America and ASEAN forging closer ties
While the northern hemisphere has been struggling to solve internal crunches, new trade, investment and cooperation axes were being formed globally. In this scenario, ASEAN and Latin America are moving closer.
Sixteen nations kick off trade talks
Sixteen economies in Asia Pacific began their first meeting on May 9 in Brunei on the establishment of a regional free-trade agreement, the Regional...
End of EU sanctions augurs Myanmar rush
Investment and tourists are expected to come in droves following the European Union’s suspension of political and economic sanctions against Myanmar on April 22,...
Philippines needs to prepare for AEC
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) criticised that the country might not be sufficiently prepared for the upcoming single market of the ASEAN...
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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...