Philippine exports can still enter the United Kingdom tariff-free this year despite the latter’s recent exit from the European Union (EU), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reassured on Friday.
Cambodia and East Timor on February 25 reaffirmed their commitment to deeper trade and investment ties in a bid to increase bilateral trade, while progress on a deal to export the Kingdom’s milled rice to the ASEAN candidate remains stalled.
Japan's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to ratify the world's largest free trade deal signed last year by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China, reports the country's Kyodo news service.
The Regional Study Report on Labour Productivity in ASEAN was launched virtually on February 23, providing an analysis of the current situations and concepts in the field across ten member states and looking into the feasibility of developing a regional index.
As a leading financial newspaper run by Japanese media giants Nikkei Inc., Nikkei Asia have stated that, “Southeast Asia's growth leader in 2021 may well be Vietnam”, during a recent article detailing ASEAN's GDP forecasts for the year ahead.
In November last year, Japan and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a trade pact eight years in the making. Addressing concerns that India’s absence opens the door to Chinese dominance, the author stresses the agreement’s significance as a step toward regional integration.
Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Cambodia Maria Amelita C. Aquino discussed the possibility of inking an agreement on a double tax avoidance to promote trade and investment between the two countries.
Trade at Hsinkhun special temporary border gate on the border between Myanmar and Thailand resumed on February 23 after the Thai side had reopened, according to local sources.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
