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.
New Zealand’s two-way trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was $15.2 billion in the June 2017 year, Stats NZ said today. Goods and services exported to ASEAN countries totalled $6.3 billion, and imports totalled $8.9 billion. New Zealand’s trade deficit with the combined ASEAN countries was $2.6 billion.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). A series of conferences took place in Manila in early August to commemorate its achievements over the past 50 years. They also focused on the future of the group and two issues of key concern: What should ASEAN do next? How can ASEAN maintain its centrality in Asia-Pacific regional cooperation?
Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are converging in the Philippines this week, to discuss how they can advance the planned Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
The third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM3) and related meetings wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30 after 13 days of working.
THE International Conference on the Asean-Korea Partnership took place yesterday at the Lotte Hotel, in Seoul Korea, highlighting developments in the Asean-Korea partnership in the past three decades and sharing insights on how the relations will further evolve.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
