15-Feb-2016
The Japan Times
A summit between Southeast Asian leaders and President Barack Obama is unlikely to deliver any big economic prizes, but will allow the American side to press the advantages of joining a Pacific trade pact that doesn’t include China.
11-Jan-2016
Thanh Nien News
Chairman of the EU-ASEAN Business Council explains why foreign investors are interested in Vietnam
7-Jan-2016
The Jakarta Post
Upholding human rights and democratic values is not in the interests of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), since member states are driven only by market-oriented goals.
6-Jan-2016
The Jakarta Post
The inclusion of some ASEAN members in the TPP and the exclusion of the rest has potential disruptive effects on ASEAN economic integration.
24-Nov-2015
Financial Express
Asean and China signed the protocol to amend the existing FTA to an upgraded version.
23-Nov-2015
Macau Daily Times
Thirteen years after mooting the idea, Southeast Asian leaders formally created a unified economic community.
21-Nov-2015
The Bangkok Post
The Asean Economic Community was scheduled to set up a free-trade bloc by the end of 2015 but legislative foot-dragging and obstructive border practices have effectively prevented the free movement of goods, services and workers.
14-Oct-2015
The Establishment Post
With less than three months before AEC is launched, the business community is still not convinced that the governments in Asean are politically committed towards AEC. Many feel the countries in the region are not pulling up their socks to remove non-tariff barriers
23-Sep-2015
The Sun Daily
A number of important initiatives linked largely to the economy made public in the last few years may have a huge impact upon the future of humankind. ASEAN and China have played a pioneering role in some of them.
