Two free trade agreements are garnering most of the headlines, but there is another, lesser known potential agreement that has piqued the interest of some Canadian farm groups. Canada is in the midst of contentious negotiations on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and has yet to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive agreement […]
Read MoreLast week, reports surfaced that Cambodia and Laos had forged some sort of consensus to manage longstanding border issues. While both sides have long sought such mechanisms following previous rounds of tensions, the so-called consensus deserves close scrutiny given the opportunities and challenges it presents for the two countries. As I have noted before in […]
Read MoreThe average inflation rate in late August stood at 5.50 per cent, a slight increase compared with 5.02 per cent in late July, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Rate by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO). The average inflation rate has increased for five consecutive months. In late August, Mandalay topped the […]
Read MoreKUCHING: Malaysia’s inflation has been projected to gradually rise after the implementation of the sales and service tax (SST) beginning September 2018. The research arm of Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd (Kenanga Research) expected inflation to gradually rise after the implementation of the SST in September along with the impact of a weaker ringgit which could […]
Read MoreMore than half a million metric tons of paddy rice were wiped out by Super Typhoon Mangkhut last weekend, adding pressure to rice prices which are already at a record. Michael Enriquez, chief investment officer at Sun Life of Canada Philippines, Inc., forecast inflation of as high as 7 percent in September, from 6.4 percent […]
Read MoreThe 10 Asean member states have agreed on the need for a formal framework to coordinate cybersecurity efforts across the region, outlining cyber diplomacy, policy, and operational issues. Government describes attack as “deliberate, targeted, well-planned” and assures no medical data has been tempered with, but security vendors warn compromised data may end up for sale […]
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