Malaysia aims to strengthen agricultural commodities trade relations with Pakistan through a recent three-day working visit to the republic by Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a circular stipulating the import of rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia under tariff quotas for 2021 and 2022.
The 12th Vietnam - Laos border trade development cooperation conference was held in the Lao capital of Vientiane on April 11 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and his Lao counterpart Khampheng Xaysompheng.
Singapore was the first country to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the free trade agreement that includes the 10 ASEAN members (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade deal and bilateral free trade agreements(FTAs) will bring a lot of benefits to Cambodia in the long term, Asian Development Bank (ADB) acting country director for Cambodia Anthony Gill said on Wednesday (April 6).
Malaysia is likely to receive more trade and investment delegations in the second half of the year (2H 2022), the Malaysia Global Business Forum (MGBF) said.
Brunei Darussalam’s growth is expected to rebound in 2022 and 2023 with gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4.2 per cent and 3.6 per cent respectively, led by a sharp increase in oil and gas output. A key policy challenge is the diversification of fiscal revenue away from oil and gas to enhance long term fiscal sustainability.
Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore are among the favourable destinations for Indian enterprises to expand their footprint in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Indian companies with an ASEAN focus are quite optimistic about business growth in the region, according to a survey commissioned by Standard Chartered.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
