SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Australia and Indonesia have concluded negotiating a free trade agreement and it will hopefully be signed this year, Australia's trade minister said on Friday (Aug 31).
SINGAPORE - Asean remains resolute in pursuing stronger economic cooperation with China, Japan and South Korea in the face of growing tensions in the global economy, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Thursday (Aug 30).
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is studying the possibility of entering into a preferential trade arrangement (PTA) with Turkey, a senior trade official said.
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - The US-China trade war has begun to benefit Malaysian producers as exporters of the two countries are looking for alternative sources of materials.
Singapore and Austria are discussing an agreement in digitalisation, an area in which both countries have "more than an interest, almost an obsession", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.
Vietnam and other countries at the same level of development should no longer see cheap labour as a strategy to maintain competitive edges in the market, said Justin Wood, Head of Regional Agenda - Asia Pacific and member of the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum.
Hanoi (VNA) - Canada wants free trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said the country’s Trade Minister Jim Carr on August 27 on the eve of his trip to Thailand and Singapore.
KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysia will go ahead with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, in a reaffirmation of the country's commitment to the wide-ranging trade pact involving 11 nations.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
