EVEN after India quit negotiations to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) two years ago, the currently 15-nation trade deal is still open for the South Asian country to join, according to a senior Japanese official.
SINGAPORE must work to protect its competitive advantages in attracting investments as the external environment worsens, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, at the announcement of a fresh S$1.5 billion investment in the Republic by consumer electronics multinational Dyson.
Brunei Darussalam, which recorded weak growth for most of 2021, is set to grow by 3.5 per cent in 2022, followed by three per cent in 2023, said the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in its recent report on Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2022 – Financing for Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19.
Ambassador of Indonesia to Pakistan, Adam Mulawarman Tugio on Friday said that Indonesia can play a significant role in providing economic and trade opportunities to Pakistan.“It will provide connectivity with 623 million of Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEANs) potential trade market,” he said
Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) is collaborating with government agencies and Japanese companies to accelerate adoption of Japanese Industry 4.0 smart manufacturing technologies among Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as part of the Look East Policy (LEP) cooperation.
Bilateral relations and economic cooperation between Malaysia and Qatar are expected to be further strengthened with the three-day official visit of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to Qatar from March 27 to 29.
Date: March 23, 2022 By: The Ministry of Industry and Trade
China’s membership in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the prospect of its accession to the CPTPP further increase China’s role in supporting the rules-based multilateral system to which the U.S. is making a steady but selective comeback.