Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on the G20 economies to help developing and underdeveloped nations recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn.
India opted out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) that 15 countries signed on November 15 at the virtual ASEAN Summit. All 10 ASEAN members (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) are signatories along with Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
On November 15, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) became one of the largest free trade agreements in history, with 15 signatory states and ASEAN at its center.
Asean nations should press on with fostering closer economic relations within the group and beyond, putting the region at the forefront of the global recovery from the Covid-19 crisis
An online workshop on seizing trade, investment, and tourism opportunities in Vietnam and Indonesia amid the COVID-19 pandemic took place on November 18, gathering close to 150 individuals and organisations.
THE PHILIPPINES has signed on to an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) commitment to reduce trade restrictions on essential goods that help combat the pandemic.
SINGAPORE is proposing a digital economy agreement with the European Union (EU), said Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing on Thursday. Such an agreement would allow EU businesses to adopt Singapore as a base to expand its operations to the rest of Asia and Asean
Concluding a region‐to‐region free trade agreement (FTA) is an objective which the EU and ASEAN share, Ambassador of the EU to ASEAN Igor Driesmans asserted.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
