Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to talk Wednesday with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, with their countries due to ink cooperation pacts on digital economy and green development as they celebrate a half-century of diplomatic relations.
The evolving trade and investment landscape between Singapore and China reflects both enduring cooperation and emerging challenges as intensified industrial competition reshapes key sectors.
Malaysia is better positioned to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) this time around as geopolitics and supply chain realignment gives it some edge, say industry observers.
As Bangladesh was the fifth largest apparel supplier for Singapore, but due to COVID the inbound shipment has not recovered yet, so FTA may boost the trade opportunity for both countries.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is on a mission to supercharge Thailand’s economic ties, pledging to enhance cooperation under the Asean-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA). Government spokesman Chai Wacharonke made the announcement after delegates from the Commerce Ministry and the Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) participated in the 21st AANZFTA Joint Committee Meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, from May 26-31.
Thailand is seeking to cooperate with Vietnam and Cambodia in opening a maritime route connecting islands near Trat province of Thailand with Vietnam's Kien Giang province and Cambodia's Sihanoukville province to promote investment, trade, tourism and tourism combined with meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE).
Vietnam always attaches importance to and wants to develop the Vietnam - Indonesia strategic partnership to a new height, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said while receiving Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Regional Representative Council (upper house) H. Mahyudin in Hanoi on June 12.
Vietnam’s economic renovation of the mid-1980s signalled the country’s opening up to foreign investment. While some of the world has only recently realised Vietnam’s potential, Thai companies were among the early investors.