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• March 7, 2013 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  ASEAN-India Free Trade Area Part IV: Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia

  In the fourth and final part of our ASEAN-India Free Trade Area analysis, we will examine trade trends and statistics from India to Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.
• February 19, 2013 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 2 minutes
  

  Update: China’s Free Trade Agreements

  Over the past years, China has been actively pursuing FTAs with various countries. So far, the country has 16 FTA partners comprising of 28 economies.
• February 17, 2013 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 2 minutes
  

  ASEAN-India Target Trade to Reach US$100 Billion By 2015

  80 percent of goods tariffs to disappear by 2016 Feb. 17 – Anand Sharma, India’s Minister of Commerce, has stated that he expects ASEAN-India trade to top $100 billion by 2015, speaking at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, an event that celebrated 20 years of cooperation between ASEAN and India and that was marked by New[…..]
• November 29, 2012 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 3 minutes
  

  Intra-Asian Trade Flows to Help Global Economy Top US$100 Trillion by 2020

  China and India-based trade corridors to pave the way Nov. 29 – A report by the United Overseas Bank (UOB) of Singapore has indicated that the global economy will increase by 73 percent over the US$63 trillion seen in 2010 to reach US$109 trillion by 2020, with Asian trade flows one of the key factors[…..]
• October 22, 2012 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 6 minutes
  

  Selling U.S. Exports to Asia’s Middle Class Consumers

  Oct. 22 – One of the main issues I’ve been discussing in the United States this past week with law and tax practices, universities, chambers of commerce and potential clients in Columbia, Charlotte, and San Francisco, is the growing trend of American exports to China. The demographics already tell us that a major wave of[…..]
• September 8, 2012 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 6 minutes
  

  Global Brands Ripe for Asia, Not Just China

  Sept. 8 – As the inevitable rise of a significant Asian consumer base begins to take effect, Chinese ownership of reputable brand names is being pushed as a major driver towards Chinese domination of the world’s top marks. According to China’s Vice-Minister of Industry and Information Technology Yang Xueshan, China is determined to have 100[…..]
• August 20, 2012 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 6 minutes
  

  Emerging Asia Looking Attractive As China Data Looks “Rushed”

  Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and India all star as China begins to create statistical anomalies Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Aug. 20 – As Emerging Asia releases its Q1 figures, there are a whole bunch of stats that spring out, not least the continuing GDP growth throughout the region. However, digging deeper, some surprising trends seem to[…..]
• July 17, 2012 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 11 minutes
  

  The China Alternative – Singapore

  The China Alternative is our series on other foreign investment destinations in emerging Asia that may soon be competing with China in terms of labor costs, infrastructure and operational capacity. In this issue we look at Singapore. By Joshua Gill and Martino di Nola Background Jul. 17 – In a global economy dominated by huge[…..]
• July 3, 2012 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 2 minutes
  

  European Union Free Trade Negotiations with Southeast Asia

  By Ian Bhullar Jul. 3 – The announcement of negotiations on a Vietnam-European Union (EU) free trade agreement (FTA) this week is promising for business leaders with interests on the intersection of Europe and the whole of the Southeast Asian region. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and Vietnamese Minister for Industry and Trade Vu[…..]
• June 25, 2012 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 2 minutes
  

  Myanmar Attracts International Investment

  By Joshua Gill Jun. 25 – Following U.S. President Barack Obama’s May 17 announcement that the United States would ease its sanctions against Myanmar, some American firms have begun to make efforts to expand into this newly available market. In his speech, President Obama declared that the suspension of the bans on the exportation of[…..]