MORE economic sectors where Covid-19 cases are heavily reported will be allowed to reopen to keep Malaysia’s economy afloat, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Indonesia issued Presidential Regulation 10 of 2021, which liberalizes many business sectors for foreign investment.
TRADE tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic have benefited Malaysia's exports to its top three trade partners (China, Singapore, and US) with export gains to China the most notable, said UOB economists Julia Goh and Loke Siew Ting in a note on Tuesday.
ASEAN and Canada reaffirmed commitment to strengthening cooperation under their new Plan of Action 2021-2025 in areas of mutual interests at the 9th ASEAN-Canada Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting via videoconference.
There was much controversy, before and after the United Kingdom’s (UK) Brexit from the European Union (EU), in talk of it adopting a free trade and manufacturing model similar to Singapore’s.
Thailand has seen export growth of 0.35 percent in the first month of the year. The Commerce Minister has ordered the Department of International Trade Promotion to advance an action plan to accelerate growth, which is set at 4 percent this year.
The two countries aim to further cooperation in the Covid-19 fight, recovering the regional supply chain and ensuring greater access to Covid-19 vaccines.
With a narrow window of opportunity in which to transform its economy, Singapore has to press ahead with planned investments in order to secure its next decade of growth, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday (Feb 26).
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
