The discussions on Association of South-East Asian Nations’ (Asean) internal economic-related affairs, which were held in the Philippines at the 31th Asean Free Trade Agreement Council, explored issues related to tariff commitments and applicable rules under the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA).
Singapore is set to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a free trade bloc that includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Krygyzstan, and Russia.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to sign a free-trade agreement with Hong Kong in November, a Philippine government official said on September 9, following three years of talks.
The digital economy is driving growth nowadays, and it is getting hard for business owners to do cross-border trading or access the global market if they do not embrace digital transformation, the 2017 APEC Online-to-Offline (O2O) Initiative Forum heard in HCM City on Sunday.
Hong Kong and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations announced Saturday the conclusion of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement and a related Investment Agreement.
In the joint communiqué of the 50th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on 5 August 2017 in Manila, Philippines, the Foreign Ministers announced the acceptance of Turkey as a new Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN.
Reiterating the importance of concluding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, economic ministers yesterday agreed to step up negotiations and break the stalemate to come up with realistic achievements that would stem the tide of trade protectionism by some of the world’s largest economies.
Trade ministers of 16 regional countries, including India and China, will meet in South Korea next month to discuss a regional mega free trade agreement (FTA), the Incheon Metropolitan City said Sunday.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
