The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement has enabled Vietnam to be connected better with global supply chains compared with other new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs), an official has said.
Vietnam recently approved the fourth protocol amending the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement.
Laos is one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. From 2010 to 2018, it realised the second highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in exports in the region, next only to Vietnam. The country’s rapid growth in exports is more remarkable considering it is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Friday said in consistent with the ‘Vision East Asia’ policy, Pakistan was committed to strengthen partnership with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Singapore, which came into force in November 2019, has served as an anchor for both economies amid the Covid-19 pandemic and global protectionist sentiment, President Halimah Yacob said yesterday.
TRADE Secretary Ramon M. Lopez is pushing for the inclusion of rice in a list of essential goods exempt from restrictive trade measures in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
The implementation of the new Plan of Action for the period 2021-2025, which is designed to further strengthen ASEAN-China cooperation in the next five years
Vietnam is committed to closely cooperating with other ASEAN members in realizing the common goal of an ASEAN Economic Community.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
