The Philippines will soon lose its right to impose safeguard measures on imported agriculture products, a top agriculture official said.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue shared Vietnam’s experience in developing cooperatives with a delegation of the Lao National Economic Research Institute in Hanoi on March 19.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Tran Duc Binh, head of the country’s permanent mission to ASEAN, attended the seventh ASEAN - Canada Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting, which took place in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 15.
The ASEAN digital economy is growing at a frenetic pace. While millions are enjoying the economic and social benefits of improved connectivity, hundreds of millions more run the risk of getting left behind.
Asian countries such as China and India are globally recognized due to their resilience to external finance-related problems but experts believe constituents in Southeast Asia, in particular, need further exposure outside of the home.
SOUTH-EAST Asian states have gained from the Trump administration's policy in Asia so far, said ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute senior fellows Malcolm Cook and Ian Storey in a March 14 edition of ISEAS Perspective, writing: "So far, Southeast Asian states have benefitted as a venue for the Trump-Kim summits, greater US security actions in the region, and from the presidential preoccupation with the economic threat from China."
With few tangible and immediate results, Asean members agreed this week to tackle new challenges that arise in joining free trade agreements (FTAs) and increase its role in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are among the fastest growing nations with even faster growth rates for e-commerce and digital trade sectors, says a report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and consulting firm KPMG. Global e-commerce sales are likely to reach $4.5 trillion from $1.3 trillion in 2014, it says.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
