ASEAN Must Enforce Trade Rules, Strengthen Capital Markets To Remain Competitive – Nazir Razak

By Siti Radziah Hamzah

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- ASEAN must push structural reforms to strengthen private capital markets and enforce rules against non-tariff barriers (NTBs) if it is to remain competitive, said ASEAN-Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) chairman Tan Sri Nazir Razak.

Trade Relations And Collaboration With New Economies Are Among Key Remedies

By Anas Abu Hassan

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- A remedy to the changing geopolitical and global trade winds is to deepen trade relations with new economies while exploring collaboration with new trading blocs.

ASEAN Banks On Key Deals To Boost Intra-regional Trade - Tengku Zafrul

By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid & Nur Athirah Mohd Shaharuddin

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said today that key trade deals such as the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) and other upgraded agreements to be sealed next month at the ASEAN Summit are set to help boost intra-regional trade.

ASEAN-BAC Pushes For Simpler Sustainability Reporting To Support SMEs, MSMEs

By Karina Imran

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) has called for sustainability reporting to be simplified to make it more accessible and less burdensome, especially for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). 

Malaysia Chairs AEM, Set To Roll Out Priority Economic Deliverables

By Siti Radziah Hamzah

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- ASEAN is all set to roll out its priority economic deliverables (PEDs) under Malaysia’s chairmanship, with the 57th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) meeting this week pushing trade upgrades, drawing up a US$2 trillion digital economy framework and forging new regional pacts on competition, energy and technology.

ASEAN To Uphold Rules-based Trade, Build Stronger Global Partnerships - Tengku Zafrul

By Siti Noor Afera Abu

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- ASEAN will continue to build bridges, not walls, with key trading partners, by remaining committed to a rules-based multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

Telcos Launch Federated Number Verification API For Banks, Online Retailers To Combat Fraud

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- CelcomDigi Bhd, Maxis Bhd, U Mobile Sdn Bhd, Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) and YTL Communications Sdn Bhd today announced plans to provide banks and online retailers with federated access to the Number Verification application programming interface (API) to combat fraud and digital identity theft.

Canada Lures Oil Majors With LNG Incentives

By Mikhail Raj Abdullah and Nur Athirah Mohd Shaharuddin

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Canada is offering new incentives to attract oil majors like Petronas to boost investments in its liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government moves to streamline and fast-track permits for foreign investors in LNG and clean energy projects

ASEAN To Revive Stagnant Intra-regional Trade, Says Tengku Zafrul

By Siti Noor Afera Abu

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- ASEAN will intensify efforts to deepen regional economic integration and revive intra-regional trade, which has remained stagnant at about 20 to 22 per cent amid an increasingly volatile and uncertain global trading landscape.

ASEAN Must Boost Interdependence, Trade, Investments For Long-term Economic Survival

By Mikhail Raj Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's role as the chair of ASEAN in promoting trade and investment in Southeast Asia, as well as deepening integration through greater interdependence, is crucial for its long-term economic survival amid the uncertainties of the international marketplace.

Malaysia-India Ties Vibrant and Growing - High Commissioner

By Shakir Husain

NEW DELHI, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysia-India relations remain vibrant and both countries are keen to grow their "forward-looking partnership" through multi-sector cooperation, Malaysian High Commissioner to India Datuk Muzafar Shah Mustafa said.

Preparatory Senior Economic Officials Meet Sets Agenda To Strengthen Resilience

By Karina Imran

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- The Preparatory Senior Economic Officials’ meeting (Prep-SEOM) has concluded, setting the agenda to deliberate on strengthening regional economic resilience and adopting forward-looking strategies by the bloc's 10-member countries’ ministers.