21h ago
From Sharifah Hunaini Syed Ismail
KAZAN, (TATARSTAN), May 17 (Bernama) -- ASEAN countries are taking steps to revive the idea of creating their own monetary fund, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
1d ago
From Muhammad Muzammil Abdullah
JEJU (South Korea), May 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia today reiterated its commitment to fostering a resilient, inclusive, and future-ready trade environment during the 31st Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting, which just concluded in Jeju, South Korea.
2d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has warned that unilateral actions and the rise of protectionism by economic superpowers go against the grain of free trade and threaten the entire global trading system, especially small developing economies.
3d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- ASEAN is seeking to expand membership in two key trade agreements – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – as part of efforts to strengthen regional economic integration.
3d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) – The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between Malaysia and South Korea have now entered the final phase, to be finalised during the upcoming ASEAN Summit in October in Kuala Lumpur.
3d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 (Bernama) --- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has invited Russian airlines, including Aeroflot, to resume direct flights to Malaysia as soon as possible.
4d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Wide-ranging unilateral tariffs imposed by the administration of the US President Donald Trump will cause short-term problems for certain sectors of the export-oriented states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) grouping, but will lose their bite over time considering the resilience of these countries, according to analysts.
4d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- Visionary Heritage Bhd (VHB), a special purpose vehicle sponsored by ISP Holding Sdn Bhd, has completed the inaugural issuance of the RM114 million ASEAN Green Sukuk Wakalah under its RM2 billion sustainability industrial asset-backed securitisation (ABS) sukuk wakalah programme.
9d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) -- The European Union (EU) is positioning the Malaysia-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as a central pillar in its broader strategy to deepen economic and geopolitical partnerships in ASEAN countries.
9d ago
From Kisho Kumari Sucedaram
BEIJING, May 8 (Bernama) -- China has expressed its support for Malaysia, the current ASEAN chair, in hosting the upcoming ASEAN-China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, affirming the shared commitment among regional nations towards open cooperation and mutual benefits.
9d ago
SERDANG, May 8 (Bernama) -- ASEAN must embrace science and technology and produce innovations to power up the region’s digital and green economy visions sustainably, in order to achieve its ambition of becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030.
12d ago
KLANG, May 6 (Bernama) -- The Young Parliamentarians Of AIPA (YPA) must serve as a value-added arm of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) by contributing bold and innovative ideas to secure long-term prosperity in the region, said AIPA president Tan Sri Johari Abdul.