The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - which both Mexico and Singapore are part of - signals to companies that their governments encourage and support their ventures into each other’s countries, said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Nov 20).
India’s exit from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at the last moment of the negotiations has created another hurdle to regional economic cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
Governments across ASEAN have been unveiling an array of incentive packages to entice businesses affected by the US-China trade war.
Beginning next year, there will be no limits on the amounts of sugar imports into Việt Nam from ASEAN countries.
The over-internationalisation of the domestic affairs of ASEAN member states (AMS) and judgmental statements from the European Union (EU) on ASEAN affairs are ruining ASEAN’s reputation and undermining ASEAN centrality and integrity unless ASEAN itself is accepting to be a second-class community.
Vietnam will soon welcome more European investment and expand its trade with the EU over the next few months following upcoming ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the bilateral Investment Protection Agreement.
Asian markets were mixed yesterday on broad optimism that China and the United States are close to a mini trade deal, while Hong Kong rallied after last week’s hefty losses but investors remain on edge over violent protests that have wracked the city.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) is exploring the possibility of forging individual free trade agreements (FTAs) with more ASEAN members in a move to further boost growing economic ties with the region, Yonhap news agency reported, citing a senior trade official of the RoK.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
