After a five-year hiatus, the European Union (EU) is ready to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines as well as on the renewal of the country’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) accreditation, which allows it to export goods to the European market duty-free.
Local management officials and representatives of the business communities of Vietnam and Cambodia joined a Vietnam-Cambodia trade and investment promotion conference in Phnom Penh on December 17.
Today, the European Union and Thailand signed the EU-Thailand Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in Brussels.
The European Union and Malaysia signed the EU-Malaysia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in Brussels.
EU leaders meet their counterparts from Southeast Asia for a summit in Brussels on Wednesday, looking to bolster ties in the face of the war in Ukraine and challenges from China.
RCEP, the largest free trade agreement ever, should have the effect of lowering tariffs, expanding services trade, harmonising rules of origin and, for Hong Kong, establishing its role as a vital gateway into the fifteen cities of the Greater Bay Area.
Philippine President on Wednesday made a pitch for a free trade agreement between the Philippines and the European Union to shore up economic recovery following the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EU and its Member States announced the mobilization of €10 billion as part of Global Gateway to accelerate infrastructure investments in ASEAN countries at the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
