KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- ASEAN has become South Korea's second largest trading partner after China with trade and investment relations deepening, signifying the importance of the grouping to the country in the last few years.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- ASEAN member countries have jointly agreed to sign the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) 3.0 upgraded agreement at the ASEAN Summit next month, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
By Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Patent filings in ASEAN have surged by 70 per cent over the past decade, underscoring rapid growth in intellectual property (IP), driven by the significant rise in innovations among member states.
CEBU, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- AirAsia aims to capture up to 45 per cent of Malaysia’s overall aviation market and 70 per cent of the domestic sector within the next two years, supported by new aircraft capacity and an international expansion strategy.
JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Johor has achieved a historic milestone as global technology giant NVIDIA, in partnership with YTL Corporation, selected the state as one of only five NVIDIA Cloud Partners worldwide.
By Durratul Ain Ahmad Fuad
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Deepening Closer Economic Relations (CER) between ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand through frameworks such as the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and the broader Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is creating regulatory certainty, trade predictability and foreign direct investment (FDI) magnetism.
By Kisho Kumari Sucedaram
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s hosting of the inaugural Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) leaders’ summit this October is seen as a timely opportunity for Putrajaya to reinforce the case for free trade at a time when protectionism is on the rise, economists said.
By Danni Haizal Danial Donald
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The 57th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) and Related Meetings here are set to advance the groundwork for the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA), focusing on cementing rules of origin and digital trade protocols.
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.
By Anas Abu Hassan
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- A conclusive economic partnership between ASEAN and the European Union (EU) could help cushion the impact of global trade uncertainties, an economist said.
By Ahmad Erwan Othman
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The spotlight of the third day of the 57th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting will be the consultation between ASEAN ministers and the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Jamieson Greer.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened slightly higher against the US dollar on Wednesday as the greenback weakened after softer United States (US) economic data.
