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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which entered into force on 1 January 2022, is creating the world’s largest trading bloc by economic size and…

The ASEAN Agreement on Electronic Commerce entered into force in early December, establishing common principles and rules to promote the growth of e-commerce in the…

ASEAN’s manufacturing sector continued to expand in November, after returning to growth in October, as both output and new orders increased further, the IHS Markit…

ASEAN and Canada agreed on 17 November to officially launch negotiations for an ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost economic, trade, and investment ties.     …

The ASEAN region has tremendous investment potential and the bloc’s member states are expected to play an important role in driving global trade recovery after…

Indonesia and the Philippines, together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), launched at the COP26 summit a new partnership to establish an Energy Transition Mechanism…

The easing of COVID-related restrictions led to record rates of expansion in factory output and new orders in the ASEAN bloc in October, with IHS…

The leaders of the ASEAN member states and the United States pledged at the end of October to support the digital development in the Southeast…

Southeast Asia will need some US$2 trillion in investments over the next decade for a sustainable energy transition, while around US$1 trillion economic opportunities are…

Rising public infrastructure spending and improving consumer confidence will support the Philippines’ economic growth this year and next amid progress in the country’s vaccination programme,…