Singapore has ratified the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) and become the first ASEAN member to do so. ATISA was signed on Oct 7 last year to boost economic cooperation between ASEAN members and streamline their service sectors. One of the key components to ratification is the need for members to change their Schedules […]
Read MoreCanada and ASEAN members pledged to strengthen their economic ties at the Canada-ASEAN Business Council’s (CABC) annual general meeting. The meeting last week, attended by 65 CABC members, listed three initiatives that would help promote more trade between Canada, the tenth largest economy in the world, and the ASEAN membership. The first was a potential […]
Read MoreAFP – Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key markets – but they may struggle to find talent in the city-state. Messaging-and-gaming behemoth Tencent is opening a hub and TikTok owner ByteDance is on a hiring spree after establishing a regional HQ, while […]
Read MoreWith ASEAN considering a digital vaccine certificate to revive tourism in the bloc, Cambodian business owners are hoping that it introduces special privileges for those inoculated. Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s minister of International Trade and Industry, said last month that economics ministers had “deliberated the possibility of introducing a common digital vaccine certificate”. In March, Thailand […]
Read MoreBilateral trade between Cambodia and ASEAN was valued at $11,330 million in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 22.42 percent. The figures from the Ministry of Commerce shows that from January to December 2020, Cambodia exported $3,722 million goods to ASEAN, up by 185 percent compared to the same period last year. Cambodia imported about $7,607 […]
Read MoreASEAN’s central bank governors and finance ministers agreed that in order to restore their economies in the post COVID-19 period they must strengthen their digital infrastructure and data connectivity. The representatives of the 10 Southeast Asian countries say they will invest more in human resources and infrastructure to strengthen economic productivity and support and promote […]
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