According to the Third ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)-UK Meeting, the United Kingdom and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are co-designing the new ASEAN-UK Economic Integration Programme, in which the UK government plans to spend up to £25 million to support ASEAN economic integration over the next five years.
US companies have made investment pledges totaling 100 billion USD in various sectors in Malaysia over the last 18 months, US Ambassador to Malaysia Brian McFeeters said on August 21.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is setting course for a carbon-neutral future, with ASEAN Economic Ministers today endorsing a visionary ASEAN Strategy for Carbon Neutrality. The Strategy is designed to complement the ASEAN Member States’ national initiatives in meeting their respective Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement.
The 12th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) – Canada Consultation took place in Semarang, Indonesia on August 20 under the co-chair of Indonesian Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan and Canadian Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Mary Ng.
Indonesia’s ASEAN 2023 chairmanship theme “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth” recognizes that ASEAN can exert its voice and influence much better with economic heft.
Southeast Asian shares fell on Friday as investors' confidence chilled in light of fresh turmoil from the Chinese property market, amid fears of a further slowdown in the second largest economy that could weigh on the region's trade and tourism.
Today, the ASEAN Member States and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the ASEAN-WIPO Interface Meeting at the 55th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM). The MOU was signed by the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, and the Director General of WIPO, Mr. Daren Tang, and witnessed by Economic Ministers of ASEAN Member States (AMS).
The study on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) has been officially endorsed by the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) meeting on 19 August 2023. The study was commissioned by the ASEAN Member States, with the support from Australia for ASEAN Futures Initiative (Aus4ASEAN Futures), and provides an ambitious vision of harmonious digital opportunity for the region, going beyond the existing bilateral or multilateral Digital Economy Agreements (DEAs).
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
