BRUSSELS: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday (Oct 18) welcomed the upcoming signing of the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) when they met on the sidelines of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in Brussels.
Singapore has sought India's cooperation in conclusion of early negotiations of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a rule based trading framework comprising ten ASEAN nations and their six FTA partners.
Amid South Korea’s increasing pivot toward the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, foreign diplomats from the region expressed confidence in deeper and diversified bilateral economic ties at a business forum organized by The Korea Herald on Tuesday.
VIENNA - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in Austria on Wednesday (Oct 17) for an official visit, and will travel on to Belgium for a biennial summit of leaders from Asia and Europe.
Asean nations and their key partners yesterday reaffirmed their resolve to substantially conclude a region-wide trade pact by the end of the year, seeing its completion as an "important milestone" amid uncertainties in global trade.
For almost a decade, the basic strategic issue for Asean has been how to position itself as the US and China grope towards a new modus vivendi. This is still the main challenge. But it is not business as usual.
MANILA: The Philippines and the US have announced that they will start free trade negotiations in November in an effort to bolster bilateral economic ties.
Kuala Lumpur: The escalating trade war between the United States and China should come as a stark reminder for the 10 Asean member countries that continuing to impose non-tariff barriers (NTBs) would only rob them of the opportunities to exploit fully the advantages of a single regional market.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
