KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Emerging markets are anticipated to be the main engines of growth going forward, with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific seen as bright spots, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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.
From Rohani Mohd Ibrahim
BEIJING, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Practical cooperation in various sectors between China and ASEAN countries has yielded results, with trade volume totalling about US$1 trillion in 2024, said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) - Malaysia is poised to play a key role in transforming the services sector within the region by hosting the inaugural ASEAN International Fair for Trade in Services (AIFTIS) on Nov 17-18, 2025.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid & Nur Athirah Mohd Shaharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- ASEAN and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will hold a formal dialogue on Nov 20, 2025, to explore potential areas of collaboration.
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).
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.
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.
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.
By Nur Athirah Mohd Shaharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- ASEAN Member States look forward to working closely with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) to ensure policies remain relevant, facilitative and aligned with business realities, thereby delivering real progress for the region.
By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Indonesia has called upon fellow ASEAN member countries to embrace the spirit of mutual cooperation (gotong-royong) as a panacea to strengthen collaboration to ease escalating geopolitical tensions regionally.
By Anas Abu Hassan
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- The signing of the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Competition (AFAC) sends a powerful message to the global community that the grouping is fully committed to fairness, transparency and integrity in its markets, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
