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Cambodia named cheapest place to retire
Cambodia has been named the cheapest place to retire in 2019 by International Living, a magazine that focuses on the best places to live...
Indonesia considers joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Indonesia is studying the possibility of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the United States, known as TPP-11. The country will discuss the matter...
Colombia to adopt Thailand’s rural anti-narco crops programme
Colombia, the world's largest producer of cocaine and largest growing area for coca, the drug's base product, will look into Thailand's opium eradication programme...
Pacific Alliance seeks closer ties to ASEAN
The Pacific Alliance, a new grouping of four Latin American countries - Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile -, is looking forward to working with...
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...
Malaysia reluctant to join TPP
Malaysia has said its participation in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership would depend on "ensuring its sovereignty" in the pact which aims to combine the...
What Malaysian negotiators don’t want you to know about the TPP
The sheer magnitude of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has not been lost on Putrajaya. The ambitious free trade agreement (FTA) involving 12 nations...
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.
Abraaj cashes in on Thai IT investment
Dubai-based emerging market investor Abraaj Group has sold its stake in Thailand's IT company Unitrio to Japan's telecom major NTT, the company said in...
Vietnam eager to deepen TPP relations
Vietnam has said it wants to accelerate the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which will help bolstering bilateral trade and economic ties between...
Philippines ‘not ready’ for TPP
The Philippines is not yet ready to join the international free-trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the head of the country's Trade...
Chile seeks more Malaysia investment
The South American nation of Chile, one of the strongest economies on the continent, is hoping for more Malaysian investments into the country, according...
Benefits and challenges of a Brunei TPP membership
How can small Brunei benefit from the planned US-led global trade partnership? One of the challenges the TPP faces is preventing the dilution of its original economic goals for the sake of expansion.
Filipino firms invited to invest in Peru
The Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport) has encouraged Filipino firms to explore the idea of investing in Peru, specifically in the South American country's core...
TPP: Blessing for corporate US, drawback for others?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, an agreement shrouded in mystery behind the closed doors of US Congress, could serve as a catalyst for the development of Southeast Asian countries. But don't count on China.
$20 trillion Asia trade bloc planned
An alternative to US President Barack Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Partnership (RCEP) is the newest concept for an economic union between...
Obama pushes Trans-Pacific Partnership
US president Barack Obama, who is embarking on a Southeast Asia round trip in the coming week, will be pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),...
Argentina seeks larger role in ASEAN
Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to establish a parliamentary relationship with the ASEAN bloc, which further highlights the global shift...
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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...