The 24th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM) and related meetings, which are scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 10-15, is expected to enhance the competitiveness and creativity capacity of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the digital era.
EUROPEAN businesses maintain a positive outlook on Southeast Asia and expect to see their profits increase in the region, according to the third annual EU-Asean Business Sentiment Survey.
Celebrating the silver jubilee of the India-Asean relations, cultural and intellectual exchanges and people-to-people contact continue to be an important pillar for the member countries today
In a break from past trade pacts, India has agreed to provide future domestic policy concessions in investment and services sectors to RCEP members with a five-year gap
Despite challenges in the negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the 16 participating countries of the regional free trade deal are “optimistic to work at” the contentious issues particularly in trade in goods.
For APEC, 2020 will be an opportunity to declare victory on the Bogor goals. While completely free and open trade and investment will not ever be achieved, APEC leaders can take pride in remarkable progress since 1989. A high share of trade in goods faces no, or very low trade barriers, significant progress has been made towards reducing restrictions on trade in services and most sectors are now open to international investment.
Represented by the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property (Indecopi), Peru participated in the preparatory Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum meetings held in Viet Nam.
Japan’s ties with ASEAN over the past 40-plus years have been through various changes and have been affected by the major growth of China’s presence in the region. But Japan continues to be a key partner for the association and its members. Formerly focused on economic affairs, Japan-ASEAN cooperation now extends to the political and security spheres as well.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
