Finance officials from the 21 APEC economies gathered in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An ancient city to draft the Joint Ministerial Statement, on October 19.
Progress is being made on a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
Singapore has a deep and multi-faceted relationship with the United States, and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hopes to develop it further when he visits Washington next week, he said in an interview with US news channel CNBC.
Pakistan wants to initiate negotiation with South East Asian nations on proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for enhancing the multilateral trade and competitiveness in country’s trade.
The 20th Round of negotiations for the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement started in Seoul, Korea early this week.
Ten months after President Donald Trump abandoned what was pegged as the world's biggest trade deal, its surviving participants may be close to a new agreement.
Two decades ago Asia was in the grip of a broad economic crisis. Through the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, regional stock markets lost more than 60% of their value.
The biennial event, which drew 120 delegates from 45 countries worldwide, focused on operational solutions arising from the Actions proposed in the ASEM Action Plan 2016-2017, prioritised sectors, including the implementation of the Customs Trade Facilitation, product safety, border management and intellectual property rights.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
