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Foxconn expands production facilities in Vietnam, invests $270 million
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, is expanding its production lines in Vietnam and will...
Asia seeks new trade deals after Trump dumps TPP
Southeast Asian countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei, are now looking for alternative solutions after new US...
TPP leaders to stick to trade pact despite Trump’s objection
The leaders of the 12 member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at the meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Peru agreed...
ASEAN to sign deal with trading partners by 2015
ASEAN and its six trading partners are targeting to sign by 2015 the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement that is...
Ministers agree to set up ASEAN+6 FTA
The 16 economic ministers of Asean+6 (10 ASEAN nations and China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand) have agreed at a meeting...
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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...