Trade
Trade policy and regulation
Multimodal transport operation will be implemented in ASEAN countries in 2012
In 2012, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar will begin to implement a multimodal transport operations project in order to strengthen the ASEAN regional cross-border transport corridors and promote regional and transport development toward the ASEAN-community integration in 2015, senior officials said this week ...
Tensions cause drop in ASEAN imports
Tensions with Thailand led to a 10-percent decline in imports from ASEAN members during the first six months of 2011, though Cambodia’s exports to the bloc nearly doubled, according to officials. Cambodia imported US$810.9 million during the six-month period compared to $904.9 million during the period ...
Asean to forge ahead through global crises
Southeast Asia needs to push ahead with a regional free trade bloc and policies to cope with global financial crises, Indonesia’s government said yesterday. Indonesia’s Vice President Boediono, addressing trade ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said it was evident since the ...
