M Ramachelvam says the present arrangement of bilateral labour agreements does not adequately protect migrant workers or workers' welfare, or ensure decent work for migrants.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ worked with the World Bank on Monday to discuss trade facilitation, logistics development and the national single window mechanism.
The future of trade and cross border commerce in Asia and the Pacific and the US role in Asia’s economy were put in doubt by Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) economic agreement.
Japan’s chief cabinet secretary and the cabinet’s spokesman, said Monday that he welcomed various countries and areas, including Taiwan, to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyễn Xuân Cường said the export potential of fruits and vegetables is huge, with the products key to restructuring the sector.
Will the work that went into negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) go to waste? There are two approaches the remaining members can take. Useful parts of the TPP can be uplifted and transplanted into other agreements. Or the trade agreement can be seen as a sleeping beauty — or better yet, a modern woman who needs no prince but who will wake up and get on with it.
In 2010 ASEAN and China concluded an air transport agreement to establish a liberalised market access regime for both sides’ airlines. Yet the benefits from the arrangement were unbalanced, with China making much bigger gains in access than the ASEAN states. A closer look at this imbalance makes clear the need for a true single market in aviation across ASEAN.
The US administration under President Donald Trump is moving to enhance relations with Thailand, after setbacks following the coup in Thailand three years ago.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
