Exclusive interview with Japan’s home-delivery giant, as it eyes a slice of the ASEAN market In an exclusive interview with The Myanmar Times, Katsuhiko Umetsu, chair of Yamato Global Logistics Japan Co, spoke about the burgeoning e-commerce industry in the region, the importance of cross-border logistics infrastructure as well as the social infrastructure. Yamato Global Logistics […]
Read MoreTHERE are great opportunities for collaboration between India and Asean nations, especially in infrastructure, innovation and the digital economy, that will help forge greater economic integration and closer cooperation. Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S Iswaran, speaking in a panel discussion before political leaders, businessmen and academics from Singapore, other Asean nations and India, […]
Read MoreLeaders of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) countries will hold talks this week in Cambodia aiming to enhance cooperation among the six nations. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead a Lao delegation to the 2nd LMC Leaders’ Meeting in Phnom Penh, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release. The two-day visit to Cambodia from January […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Manufacturing conditions in the ASEAN region were weaker in December, weighed down by slow growth in output and high cost of inputs, according to the latest reading of the Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). The headline Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing PMI for December stood at 49.9 in December from 50.8 in […]
Read MoreImport tariffs on around 400 items traded between Asean and China will be cut to 0-5%, starting from Jan 1, 2018, as part of the continuing stages of the Asean-China free trade agreement (FTA). The pact is expected to help double trade value between the two sides to US$1 trillion (32.7 trillion baht) by 2020. […]
Read MoreNuclear threats, a humanitarian crisis, digital transformation and economic recovery among the themes that shaped the Asian agenda this year. ASIA Bombs and bluster: The leaders of the United States and North Korea traded schoolyard insults while the world looked on in alarm as Pyongyang continued to test bigger and better ways to blow up its […]
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