Wholesale and Retail
US companies eyeing relocation from China to Philippines amid trade war
Companies from the US are increasingly looking at the Philippines as possible alternative location for their existing...
Myanmar, China agree on new deep sea-port on cheaper terms
Myanmar and China have signed an agreement on November 8 on a controversial deep sea port project in the Bay of Bengal, allowing Beijing...
Interview with Malaysia Prime Minister (Transcript)
Transcript of full interview with Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Firoz: Our first question is about the "New Malaysia." You’ve fought very, very...
Trump tells Prayuth that Thailand should buy more from US
Thailand's trade surplus with the US was one of the key issues discussed during Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's meeting with US President Donald...
Vietnam on target to become China’s largest ASEAN trade partner
Vietnam is on track to become China's largest trade partner in 2016 ahead of the initial 2017 forecast. Currently, Vietnam is the second largest...
Philippine-Indonesia trade potential seen at $12b
Indonesia and the Philippines are looking at raising the level of existing bilateral trade to as much as $12 billion, given the prospective opportunities...
Laos exports up 6% in 2013
Laos' exports reached $2.4 billion in 2013, up 6 per cent year-on-year with minerals accounting for the lion's share, media reports said on April...
Malaysia government bans fish exports
Rough seas in the current monsoon season has forced the Malaysian government to put a stop to fish exports until March in a bid...
Bangkok retailers stock up for shutdown
Wholesalers and retailers in Bangkok are adjusting their inventory and logistics strategies to ensure that they have adequate supplies of consumer goods and foods...
Vietnam reaches trade surplus with US of $13.26b
Vietnam posted a trade surplus of $13.26 billion with the US in the first nine months of 2013, up from $10.92 billion a year...
‘Hub Singapore’ in the limelight of Gulf investors
As the GCC-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (GSFTA) came into force on September 1, 2013, Gulf companies and especially Qatari investors are expected to flock...
China seeks $1tr trade with ASEAN by 2020
China's President Xi Jinping, who on October 3 became the first foreign leader to address the Indonesian parliament, pledged more investment initiatives to bolster...
Thailand set to emerge from recession
As export figures increase in Thailand, the country looks more likely to emerge from recession in the third quarter of 2013, but analysts warned...
Vietnam’s trade with UAE climbs 150 per cent
According to official trade figures by the Vietnam government, trade between the UAE and Vietnam grew by more than 150 per cent during 2012...
Malaysia benefits from Oman promotion
Malaysian companies are looking forward to a bonanza of sales from a recent trade trip the Omani capital of Muscat.
The 1Malaysia Promotion is expected...
Gulf countries finding taste for China’s yuan
China’s currency, the yuan, is becoming increasingly popular among Gulf countries in trade transactions because of China’s growing economic influence and uncertainties surrounding other major currencies.
UAE tops Saudi for US exports
Trade to and from the United States is at an all-time high in the United Arab Emirates. For the first year ever, the UAE...
China Malaysia Bilateral Agreements
China and Malaysia have yet again partnered and strengthened economic ties. Trade between the two countries has been growing at a rate of 20%...
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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...