The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has continued to strengthen economic cooperation through the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA) negotiations to anticipate the impacts of the ongoing global economic slowdown.
ASEAN has responded to rising tensions in the region by cooperating more on defence and security, and providing platforms for dialogue.
U.S. trade policy with China and other nations must strike a more equitable balance between needs of workers and corporate profits, leaders of two big U.S. unions said at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation trade ministers meeting on Thursday.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Thursday to set up a research center on digital innovation at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, aiming to enhance reliable data collaboration and utilization in the region.
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must make greater efforts to improve the quality of life in the region to build a resilient community and achieve a faster recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, said a new report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The top 100 issues that have been most searched and used these days all relate to one word: digital! Everything you think, see, say, and do is related to digital in some way. In this era, digital has swept every corner of our lives.
It is also noted that the work is ahead for completing free trade zone agreements with the UAE, India, Egypt, Indonesia and Israel
The UAE has so far concluded four CEPAs with India, Israel, Indonesia and Turkey and the first two have already come into force.