Canadian business leaders and diplomats predict that a potential free trade agreement (FTA) between ASEAN and Canada wouldn’t focus on only hitting lofty trade targets but also on raising the quality of life in the region and lifting its global profile as a whole.
Cambodia and other ASEAN member states on June 2 concluded negotiations with the EU on the ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA), which is set to become the first ever bloc-to-bloc accord aimed at improving air connectivity between and beyond ASEAN and the EU when it comes into effect.
The Beijing municipality held a foreign-trade-themed online fair on Wednesday to facilitate trade with South and Southeast Asian countries and boost regional economic cooperation.
Indonesian Trade Minister Muhammad Lufti will depart for Russia on Thursday to fulfill President Joko Widodo's mandate to intensify trade cooperation with various nations, especially non-traditional export destinations.
Malaysia tops the list on expansion opportunities for 65 per cent of Chinese companies looking to scale up their sales and production operations in Asean.
Ongoing negotiations between the European Union and Indonesia on a trade and investment deal should not be hampered by differences over palm oil, the EU's top diplomat said, even as the bloc aims to phase out use of palm oil in fuel.
Malaysia is set to escalate a trade dispute with the European Union and two member states for restricting palm oil-based biofuels, WTO filings showed ahead of a meeting of its dispute settlement body on Friday.
Indonesia and the US discussed the possibility of extending the generalized system of preferences (GSP) during the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Ruth Sherman to Indonesia on May 31 in Jakarta.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
