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  March 9, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  How Singapore is Helping Businesses Accelerate Digital Transformation and Expand Overseas

  Singapore has extended several measures to assist businesses in accelerating their digital transformation.
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  March 3, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 2 minutes
  

  Vietnam’s Binh Dinh Industrial Zone: Opportunities for Foreign Investors

  Vietnam’s Bin Dinh province approved the construction of an industrial zone (IZ) in 2020. The IZ will be spread out over 1,000 hectares and will be constructed within 10 years.
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  March 2, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  Indonesia’s Omnibus Law: The Positive Investment List and the Liberalization of Business Sectors

  Indonesia issued Presidential Regulation 10 of 2021, which liberalizes many business sectors for foreign investment.
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  February 28, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 7 minutes
  

  UK exporters’ use of Singapore as ASEAN’s supply chain gateway boosted by new bilateral trade agreement

  By Bob Savic, Advisor to Dezan Shira & Associates From “Singapore-on-Thames” to cruising on the Singapore River There was much controversy, before and after the United Kingdom’s (UK) Brexit from the European Union (EU), in talk of it adopting a free trade and manufacturing model similar to Singapore’s. The idea was dubbed as “Singapore-on-Thames” by[…..]
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  February 24, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 7 minutes
  

  Singapore’s Resilience Package: Support for Businesses and Jobs in 2021

  Singapore’s government issued the COVID-19 Resilience Package as part of its 2021 national budget announcement on February 16, 2020.
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  February 17, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  Canada, Indonesia Trade Talks Begin for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

  Canada has announced that it launched public consultations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Indonesia.
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  February 15, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 5 minutes
  

  An Asian Leopard Awakes: The Rise of Sri Lanka; Singapore’s New Business Companion

  Sri Lanka is being developed to act as an accessory in part to Singapore, the regional Southeast Asia financial and services capital.
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  February 12, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 8 minutes
  

  Relocating Or Exiting Your Business From Myanmar

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Myanmar business border relocation options with Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Bangladesh, China and India Wage, trade and incentive comparisons Winding Up a Myanmar Foreign Invested Company  
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  February 8, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 5 minutes
  

  India, ASEAN Agree to Review FTA Scope, Address Uneven Market Access

  India and ASEAN agreed to start discussions on reviewing the scope of the ASEAN-India free trade agreement,10 years since it came into force.
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  February 3, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 6 minutes
  

  Myanmar’s Prospects for Post-Coup Foreign Trade & Investment

  Big questions remain over the prospects for existing and future foreign investment in Myanmar following the coup.