More opportunities are opening for Thai small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as Amazon.com expands its footprint in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce here as part of its Asean expansion outside of Singapore.

“Oggi abbiamo discusso di misure concrete volte a rafforzare le nostre relazioni bilaterali. La Thailandia è per noi un partner commerciale di primo piano nell’ASEAN ed una destinazione privilegiata per numerose imprese italiane”. Così il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione...

SINGAPORE: Trade ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) this week discussed Singapore's proposal to develop a digital economy in the region, especially a framework to promote the use of e-commerce in the region, at their meeting in the city-state.

German business shirt brand Olymp is entering the local market, aiming to use Thailand as a springboard to expand into Asean.

Thailand finished last year with export growth of 9.9%, the highest in six years, propelled by higher purchases from key trading partners, especially the US, EU, Asean and China.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday sacked a ranking Philippines government official for making excessive foreign travels mostly at government expense, a government spokesman said. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque told  a news conference in Davao City in the southern Philippines that  Duterte sacked Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) administrator Marcial Amaro for ...

Tourism ministers and business leaders from Southeast Asia are ready to collaborate to accelerate sustainable tourism development in the region to promote Asean as a single destination.

The Department of Business Development (DBD) has plans to nurture e-retailing in Thailand over the next few years and make it the highest-valued online market in Southeast Asia.

Import 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 ...

MANILA: Fitch Ratings on Monday upgraded Philippines' credit rating to 'BBB' from 'BBB-', citing the nation's "strong and consistent" macroeconomic performance and sound policies supporting high and sustainable growth rates.

The government is looking towards non-tariff barrier measures, particularly battery standards, to prevent an anticipated flood of electric vehicle (EV) imports from China in light of the Asean-China free trade agreement.

Thailand plans to collect so-called "Asean road tolls" from foreign motorists entering the country via border checkpoints from the end of next year.

The much-touted Asean Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers represents a ray of hope for some 90,000 Indonesian workers in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. But whether words will be translated into actions is an open question.

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed government agencies to scrap or start easing barriers that foreigners face in multiple business and employment sectors, part of moves to liberalise an economy long criticised as restrictive.

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed government agencies to scrap or start easing barriers that foreigners face in multiple business and employment sectors, part of moves to liberalise an economy long criticised as restrictive.

Dal 20 al 26 novembre avrà luogo la Settimana dell’Italia in ASEAN, una grande iniziativa di promozione dell’Italia dedicata ad un’area in rapida crescita. Nell’ ottica di integrare le attività promozionali, la Settimana dell’Italia nei paesi ASEAN coinciderà con la Settimana della Cucina...

MANILA: Leaders from 16 countries including China, India and Thailand began their first-ever summit yesterday to discuss an East Asian free trade deal that has been seen as a China-led rival to the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Japan has been trying to rejuvenate since the US withdrew earlier this year.

MANILA: Hong Kong on Sunday signed free trade and investment pacts with the ten-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in what one of the Chinese territory's senior officials called a "loud and clear" vote against rising regional trade protectionism.

Source: UN News Service Country: WorldAs the impact of climate change worsens, António Guterres has called on the global community to redouble efforts to help countries respond to climate shocks.10 November 2017 – As the impact of climate change worsens around the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the global ...