The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) is set to hold open hearings in Seoul on May 7 to promote the country’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with the Philippines and Malaysia.
Vietnam’s leading auto firm Thaco wants the government to strictly inspect zero tariff application on cars imported from ASEAN.
Malaysia is ideally placed to be the gateway for commodities trade between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said.
Laos and China have signed a new package of cooperation documents, which is expected to take collaboration between the two nations to new heights.
The ASEAN+3 finance ministers have agree to consider adding the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan to currency swap arrangements in addition to the US dollar as part of efforts to deal with possible financial crises while rejecting protectionism amid growing US-China trade tensions
The economic growth of the ASEAN+3 region, including 10 member Southeast Asian nations and the Republic of Korea, Japan and China, is expected to remain resilient in the long run despite escalating global trade tensions and external headwinds, according to the latest report released by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) on May 1.
Banana is expected to be Laos' top agricultural export in 2019 despite the local government’s ban on the expansion of plantations around the country, according to local daily Vientiane Times.
Malaysia is ideally placed to be the gateway for commodities trade between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
