The Indonesian House of Representatives on Feburary 6 ratified the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA).
Farmers in Myanmar are showing concern about impacts of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) on their exports to the Chinese market.
The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on Singapore’s aviation sector will be worse than that of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, according to Singaporean Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan.
The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) on February 6 approved a number of measures to accelerate investment and support key sectors of the economy, as well as incentives to help strengthen the grassroots economy and tourism industry.
A prolonged crisis over the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) would likely cut up to 133bil pesos (RM10bil) from the country’s 19-trillion pesos economy, the country’s chief economist said on Friday (Feb 7) with the property sector already feeling the effects of the global contagion as well as the recent eruption of Taal Volcano.
A free-trade deal between the Philippines and the European Union will not likely be concluded soon as conditions in the country are not right enough to hold another round of negotiations.
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations first took place in Cambodia in November 2012, while the first round of negotiations in Brunei were held in May 2013 while the first RCEP Summit was held in the Philippines in November 2017.
The Cambodian government is hoping to retain its preferential trade status with the United Kingdom (UK) after it left the European Union (EU).
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
