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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),...

Newly re-elected US president Barack Obama is steering the focus of his second term towards Asia. From November 17 to 20, the president will...

Thailand's rice subsidy policy has come under scrutiny of US trade policymakers who fear that the pledging scheme will lead to serious price distortions...

Newly re-elected US President Barack Obama will make a groundbreaking visit later this month to Myanmar, an official said on November 8, following through...

With the former unique "country brand" of the United States and  Europe's iconic country brands such as France, Italy and Spain beginning to lose...

The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), which manages the country's sovereign wealth fund, will invest into a 30-year-old landmark office tower in San...

The US Chamber of Commerce reports “overwhelmingly positive” prospects for trade, investment and growth in the ASEAN region, John Goyer, Director for the Southeast...

The 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting and related trade and business meetings kick off this Monday, August 27, in Siem Reap, Cambodia's temple town, and...

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund is stepping up its investment in the US, targeting the energy and hospitality sectors. Together with China's government fund China Investment...

Asia is moving toward a self-sustaining cycle with on-going trade surpluses, with banks in better financial shape than in the West. Banks in developing countries are looking forward to a decade of profitable growth.

Southeast Asia, China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan will be the world's richest economies by 2050 and are already home of the largest number...

ASEAN markets are the fastest-growing for both consumption and production of digital content globally and will further expand as a hub for digital content...

The US Congress on August 2 voted for an extension of the disputed import ban against Myanmar products. Both the Senate and the House...

Myanmar’s aim to attract investments into labour-intensive manufacturing may suffer a setback if the US renews it much-disputed import ban on all goods from the...

The International Monetary Fund has kept its 2012 growth forecast for the ASEAN-5 countries Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. The IMF said in...

Industry giant General Electric has become the first US firm to seal a deal with Myanmar after sanctions were lifted by US President Barack...

The takeover of UK-based marketing agency Aegis by Japan's advertising giant Dentsu for $5 billion is creating Asia's largest advertising conglomerate. The deal will...