A free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Thailand is likely to be signed within next five months, an official said on Friday.
This year, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India are celebrating 25 years of dialogue, 15 years of summit level meetings, and five years of strategic partnership.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members would agree that among Asean’s many dialogue partnerships, Asean plus China stands out as the most vibrant pair with the most substantial cooperation.
ASEAN member states have signed an agreement on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers – more than a decade after originally pledging to do so.
Asean needs a strong core of leaders to drive it forward into its next phase of growth, said Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at a forum in Bangkok yesterday.
WITH the arrival of 2018 fast approaching, comes renewed optimism for Asia-Pacific economies and their trade linkages that will determine the durability of the region’s growth turnaround.
In his keynote speech at this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting (APEC), U.S. President Donald Trump sent a clear message to the Asia-Pacific nations, asking them to take care of themselves by putting their countries first, just like he is “always going to put America first.”
APEC Year 2017, with the freshly-concluded APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in Đà Nẵng city the highlight, was comprehensively successful, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh told the media on Monday.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
