Guangxi, a key gateway for China to advance high-level opening-up and promote cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is poised to facilitate access to the vast markets of both ASEAN and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership countries.
With less than a month before the unilateral tariffs kick in, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has described Malaysia’s latest round of talks with the United States as “going very well”.
Singapore, Thailand may see negative growth by 2026 as Asean reels from tariffs: economists
The 2025 ASEAN- the Republic of Korea (RoK) Connectivity Forum that opened in Jakarta on June 17 reaffirmed a shared commitment to shaping a connected, resilient future by advancing the ASEAN Connectivity Strategic Plan.
Cambodia on June 17 banned all imports of Thai fruit and vegetables in response to Thailand's refusal to fully open all border checkpoints.
Thailand will accelerate negotiations to finalise the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) by the end of 2025, in a bid to promote ASEAN as a digital hub in the Asia-Pacific region.
In both countries, production of japonica rice, which is the same short-grain variety as that produced in Japan, has been expanding amid a boom in washoku Japanese cuisine.
A lot of conversations have revolved around rising trade tensions over tariffs currently playing out in real-time. But as consumers what do the tariffs really mean to us?
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
