Given the participation of many world leaders, CEOs from global companies and international media representatives, the ...

This book looks at the issues involved in moving ASEAN towards a free trade area. It examines some indicators of gains and costs of integration and presents two quantitative analyses of the potential ...

For the first time, the forum launched the Annual Report on the Legal Environment for Doing Business in the ASEAN Countries ...

Since we cannot take the upgraded FTA for granted, it is imperative not to be complacent or ignore participants' concerns.

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Leaders of China and Asean countries announced here the substantial conclusion of the Version 3.0 China-Asean Free Trade Area (FTA) upgrade negotiations, paving the way for one ...

The ACFTA covers a free trade area of over 2 billion people with a combined GDP exceeding US$20 trillion (S$26 trillion). Under the existing agreement signed in 2010, Asean’s trade in goods with ...

The upgrade of the FTA, Asean's first with an external partner and China's first overall, was "an important move", PM Wong said, especially in a time of growing global protectionism. "It will send a ...

And now, the ASEAN-China negotiation working group has reached [a] substantial conclusion on the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area ...

Southeast Asia has continued to emerge as an economic winner of increasing geopolitical tensions between China and the United ...

At Tuesday's virtual meeting, the ministers agreed to work towards an ASEAN-EU free trade agreement (FTA), stating that it would "send a strong signal of both regions' commitment to bring tangible ...

VIENTIANE - Lao PDR Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on Thursday said reaching a substantial conclusion on the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area 3.0 showed the two parties' commitment in expanding their ...