Priority areas include fintech and e-commerce; huge opportunity for Asean with rise of China, India
While we commemorate 25 years of Asean-India relations, India’s ties with South-east Asia date back more than 2,000 years.
Singapore and Sri Lanka have signed a free trade agreement that will provide tariff savings and grant Singapore firms greater access to the Sri Lankan market.
Mounting pressure on New Delhi to give an early consent to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership — a mega regional trade pact being negotiated by sixteen nations — the 10-member ASEAN expressed hope that India would not let the bloc down in its efforts to conclude the agreement this year.
Thailand’s Ambassador Chutintorn Sam Gongsakdi calls for a solution to India’s concerns on the China factor in trade
India is hosting the Indo-Asean Commemorative Summit to mark the 25th anniversary of partnership with the 10-nation Southeast Asian bloc.
Italy hopes Vietnam will continue to connect the European country with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Singapore will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka this week - its 13th bilateral deal and, significantly, its first since the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) faced a setback last year when the United States withdrew from it.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
