Prime Minister Hun Sen accused the World Trade Organization (WTO) of operating under a double standard yesterday, claiming the international trade body was applying pressure on small developing economies while overlooking the regulatory breaches of its more developed member states. Speaking during the opening session of the Fifth China Round Table on WTO Accession in […]
Read MoreHANOI – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has denied reports that a rice company had to pay US$20,000 for a rice export licence. Late in February, local media reported that Ngo Van Nam, general director of ADC Company Ltd, said at a conference on proposed amendments to a decree on rice exports that it […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Energy Ministry has issued a recommendation for concentrate export to PT Freeport Indonesia amid the row over mining contract, Mukhtar Tompo, a member of the Commission VII of the House of Representatives (DPR), told reporters at the DPR building on Monday, March 20, 2017. Tompo thought the recommendation letter quite peculiar considering […]
Read MoreSOME 46 per cent of Singapore employers are planning salary increases of 3 to 6 per cent during the next pay review, said recruiter Hays on Tuesday. This proportion is similar to employers in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Meanwhile, 34 per cent of Singapore employers will look to give up to 3 per cent. In […]
Read MoreThe value of Cambodia’s international trade surged to $22 billion last year on double-digit growth of both imports and exports, according to newly released data from the Ministry of Commerce. The figures show total exports topped $10 billion in 2016, an 18 percent increase over a year earlier, while imports grew to $12.3 billion, a […]
Read MoreIn an effort to boost the use of the riel, private companies have called on the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) to ensure that all goods worth less than $100 are priced in riel. Lim Heng, vice president of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, said at the NBC’s 37th anniversary of the introduction of the […]
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