An agreement to export cement and clinker to the Philippines is a bright spot for the Vietnamese cement industry's demand-supply mismatch.
Indonesia's president said on Wednesday (Nov 30) his country would appeal against a trade dispute ruling that he stated had gone in favour of the European Union (EU), which had sued Indonesia over its 2020 ban on exports of nickel ore.
Thailand has introduced new incentives aimed at supporting high-tech industries, tax exemptions for companies relocating to the country, and rewarding existing investors, among others.
Indonesia receives the ASEAN chairmanship relay from Cambodia and will become the ASEAN Chair in 2023.
Major ASEAN economies, which seem to be growing out of the Covid-19 pandemic impact, are likely to face tough growth prospects the next year due to hardening interest rates across the globe, and cooling Chinese economy.
A Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) is targeted to be launched in early December at the National Export Congress (NEC), according to the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport).
Australia and Singapore negotiators will pitch elements of their recently finalised GEA in Brisbane next month, when 14 countries meet to begin working out detail for the US-led IPEF.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has extended the memorandum of understanding on the implementation of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on essential goods under the Hanoi plan of action on strengthening ASEAN economic cooperation and supply chain connectivity.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
