Industry watchers are expecting the wider presence of foreign supermarkets and retail malls in Myanmar in the coming year. “The market has been developing quickly. So, I think that within the next one or two years the wholesale and retail market landscape will expand,’’ said U Myo Htwe, Managing Director of Pro 1 Global Company, […]
Read MoreThailand’s plastics industry, plastic reprocessors and related industries are calling for the government to provide assistance following the campaign banning plastic bags at major retailers in the country. “The government must have a short-term measure to assist the industry, which is not ready to adjust its business to the no-plastic campaign,” says Apiphop Phungchaikul, deputy […]
Read MoreSingapore’s economy, a closely watched barometer for the rest of Asia’s export-driven countries, grew just 0.7 percent last year as the US-China trade war hammered global markets. The city-state has traditionally been the first among Asia’s economies to be affected during a downturn, and the country narrowly escaped tipping into recession in the third quarter. […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Cambodia are conducting negotiations for an agreement which seeks to prevent double taxation on individuals or companies covered by both jurisdictions, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). According to the DOF, both countries may soon reach an agreement on double taxation following the second round of negotiations between […]
Read MoreCambodia and other Southeast Asian nations have been receiving an increase in diverted investments because of the ongoing trade dispute between China and the United States, stated the National Bank of Cambodia in its latest report. The National Bank said the prolonged trade war has driven major challenges, which has seen a slowdown in international […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Analysts remain conservative over Malaysia’s economic growth this year, as renewed Middle East geopolitical tensions have eclipsed the United States (US)-China trade deal optimism. RHB Investment Bank Bhd head of ASEAN economics research Peck Boon Soon said although the trade fiasco between the US and China has come to a halt […]
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