More fish imports for Philippines as China blocks Filipino fishers
An alliance of fisherfolk said the shortage of fish was the byproduct of the government’s poor response to a continuing spike in oil prices and China’s blockade of traditional…
‘IPEF not about choosing between US, China’: Former US Trade Representative negotiator
Former US Trade Representative negotiator Wendy Cutler also said the initiative is largely aimed at setting common regional standards for sectors including clean energy, digital…
China’s Japan-foods import ban used as ‘bargaining chip’
While Beijing seems to use the easing of the measures as a diplomatic bargaining chip, the maneuver may impact talks on China becoming a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Cambodia, UAE keen to scale up economic ties, look into CEPA
The CEPA would cover priority sectors such as online and conventional trade in goods and services, investment, economic cooperation, and small- and medium-sized enterprises.
China Cambodia’s largest milled-rice buyer in 5 months with 52.69% share
A government report also found that Cambodia's milled rice exports to foreign markets also surged by 21.73 per cent year-on-year.
Indonesia looks to Asean to offload excess electricity
The Trade Ministry has called for progress to be made on the ASEAN Power Grid initiative, which could help Indonesia deal with its current electricity oversupply, including by…
EU leaders back push to ban some Russian oil over war in Ukraine
The bulk of the current pipeline delivery is to Germany and Poland, which have signalled they will wean themselves off Russian supplies regardless of any European Union action.
Bangladesh can’t take Russian oil, wheat in fear of sanctions: Foreign minister
"India is trying to resolve the energy issue. Russia offered energy and wheat to Bangladesh. But we cannot do the same in fear of sanctions," Momen said.
China to advance efforts to join CPTPP, DEPA trade deals
A spokesperson said China will also work with members of the Asean to actively build version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area.
Singapore, Japan key partners to protect regional peace: PM Lee and PM Kishida
Japan was Singapore's eighth largest trading partner last year, while they were each other's top Asian investor as at end-2020.