Malaysia will call on ASEAN’s main rice supplying nations to prioritize the bloc’s member countries amid concerns over rising prices and supply shortages, state news agency Bernama reported.
ASEAN and Canada are aiming to conclude the negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2025, and both sides have recently moved a step closer to the goal.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement has been a key driving force for the kingdom's export growth and a magnet to attract more FDI inflows to the country, said Cambodian Ministry of Commerce's Secretary of State Penn Sovicheat.
Just a stone's throw from a seaside resort popular with tourists, a new industrial complex is expanding on Indonesia's Bintan island, which lies across a narrow strait from Singapore.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has formed a task force to increase national exports amidst global economic and geopolitical dynamics.
Laos and Brunei on October 3 agreed to upgrade their relationship to a strategic partnership during Bruneian Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’s ongoing state visit to Laos on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Malaysia’s Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz has stressed that supporting Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is vital as the global supply chains are shifting to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Thailand is expected to finalise free trade agreements (FTAs) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the second and third quarters of next year, which will increase trade volume between Thailand and the three export markets by about US$31 billion, or one trillion baht, annually.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
