The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to impose trade remedies against sugar products imported from five ASEAN countries that use Thai sugarcane.
The Chemical Industries Council of Malaysia (CICM) lauded the Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s (Miti) efforts in ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is eyeing more Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with many countries.
To boost domestic farmers, the chair-man of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Thursday proposed to the economic managers the reduction to zero of tariffs on fertilizers, machineries, and farm equipment.
Indonesia's gross domestic product rose 5.44% in the April-to-June quarter, the country's statistics agency announced Friday, buoyed by exports and strong consumer spending during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was the first step of Vietnam in the process of international integration, and the bloc has served as a gateway for the country’s integration into the region and the world, an official has said.
Thailand exported over 1 million tonnes of fruit valued at 92 billion baht to China during the first half of this year, according to government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.
China has relaunched talks with the Philippines on funding billions of US dollars worth of infrastructure in the relatively impoverished Southeast Asian country, after its president called out Beijing for falling short of old pledges.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
