A delegation of 60 Malaysian investors who are owners of 42 retail businesses has flown back home after their four-day joint trade mission to Cambodia under the guidance of the Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA) last week.
Japan’s Onaga company recently received an investment certificate for an aeronautical and automotive component manufacturing plant in the Hanoi Southern Support Industrial Park (HANSSIP). The plant is expected to be put into operation in 2023 and encourage Japanese enterprises to expand investment in Vietnam’s support industries.
The Philippines and Myanmar are the only countries yet to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) after Indonesia cemented its membership of the China-backed trade deal this week.
Today, the European Union and Thailand have finalised the text of the EU-Thailand Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). Respective Chief Negotiators initialled the text, closing the negotiation process, at a ceremony held at the European External Action Service in Brussels.
Khmer Times is running the third and final part of a series on ASEAN under Cambodia’s Chairmanship and the challenges it faces in the remaining months, especially with geo-political developments in the region and the world having material impacts on the region, as a whole or in part. This is the final part.
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto received Japanese Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi and they discussed trade and investment cooperation, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), and G20 Summit.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement came into effect on Jan 1. How will its implementation influence China's export structure? What industrial chains will benefit from the agreement for further development? Will it be a boon for, or a bane of, China's exports, and how should China make use of the agreement to boost its exports and improve trade quality?
Singapore and Indonesia have committed to continue work to improve connectivity between the two nations, as travel restrictions ease and economic activities on both sides resume.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
