ASEAN and India have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen and deepen their cooperation at the 20th ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting held via video conference recently.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will enhance cooperation in digital economy this year.
China is willing to further strengthen trade, investment and economic cooperation with ASEAN countries, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.
The Cambodia-China Intergovernmental Coordination Committee will meet on June 16 to discuss the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries and generate ideas about how to restore the Cambodian economy once the Covid-19 pandemic has abated.
Asean, including Myanmar, will work together to restore economic growth in the region by enhancing regional trade and economic cooperation.
Economic growth in the ASEAN region could rebound to an average 8 percent in 2021 after falling into recession in the first half of 2020, a report suggested on June 8.
The Indonesian government plans to build an industrial park serving Japanese and US plants relocated from China amid the US – China trade tension.
Economic ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Plus Three Partners (China, Japan, and Republic of Korea) have affirmed the need to keep the markets open for trade and investment amid the COVID-19 pandemic.