Stronger political will needed to remove them as they can inhibit trade and hurt SMEs more
An Asiawide free trade deal involving 16 countries will likely be concluded in November at a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be held in Thailand, ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi has said.
It is crucial that ASEAN members have the time and flexibility to develop appropriate national and regional regulatory frameworks.
Trade negotiating officials from 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries met in the Lao capital Vientiane this week to discuss facilitation for trade and investment within the ASEAN bloc.
A delegation of the ASEAN Committee in Madrid (ACM) led by Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Ngo Tien Dung, who is also President of the ACM in 2019, visited the Spanish region of Basque from April 1-4.
A business matching aimed at supporting Vietnamese enterprises in exporting electrical products and machinery to the Philippines was held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on April 5.
Vietnamese Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung met with his Thai counterpart Apisak Tantivorawong on April 4, discussing priorities in finance issues in ASEAN in 2019 and 2020.
Vietnamese firms introduced their capacity for producing machinery and electrical products to Philippine partners during a business networking event in Hanoi on April 5.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
