New Delhi seems to be signalling that Bejing’s rise in the Indo-Pacific has to be tackled politically and economically.

The Council of the European Union has approved the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will remove nearly all Customs duties between the two jurisdictions from Nov 21.

The Cabinet will make the final decision on whether to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) or otherwise, the Economic Action Council (EAC) said yesterday.

If the WTO panel’s ruling is adopted, the decision is expected to put at risk export subsidies claimed to be worth over $7 billion.

As Thailand prepares to wind down its year-long chairmanship of Asean, it's time to reflect on the state of the 10-country alliance and relations with its dialogue partners. Based on what happened at the 35th Asean Summit from Nov 2-4 in Bangkok, the outlook is mixed.

China and the United States have agreed to roll back tariffs on each others’ goods in a “phase one” trade deal if it is completed, officials from both sides said on Thursday, sparking division among some advisers to President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping may not be able to sign a partial trade deal until December, and two U.S. locations have been ruled out for their highly anticipated meeting, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Seventy-three percent of businesses from Hong Kong (China) expressed their intention to open additional factories in ASEAN countries, with Vietnam coming out on top as their first pick, according to a recent survey conducted by the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC).

Fifty two years ago, the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) fought the embers of communism across Asia. Today, Asean is confronting another “FIRe,” the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution.

A Chinese state-run English daily said, “the countries involved in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership shouldn’t lose the chance to include India."