Asia-Pacific Foreign Investment Brief
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The EU and Thailand announced the relaunch of negotiations for an ambitious, modern and balanced free trade agreement (FTA), with...

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement started on 1 January 2022. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership...

Secretariats, or a permanent management structure, play a critical role in the delivery and implementation of international agreements...

Expansion has been baked into the DNA of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. But the ongoing United Kingdom...

“The CPTTP will elevate Malaysia's prominence as a global trading economy and total trade is expected to increase to US$655.9 billion...

The South Korean National Assembly on September 27 ratified the Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), fuelling hopes for an export...

On 1st January 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP) kicked off, making ASEAN plus China, Japan and South Korea...

- Over a half year into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, trade experts say world’s biggest trade pact serves more to...

Special economic zones have been hit hard by Covid-19 and changes in attitudes to incentives. So how can they prosper in the future?...

The case for free trade has always been a tough sell. While trade is an economic endeavor, trade policy is the product of politics, where...

Policy-makers and free zones developers are unfazed by the OECD-sponsored reform. By Jacopo Dettoni, fDi Intelligence In a meeting with...

Since the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership entered into force in Jan 2022, its impacts are largely unknown. This report brings...

Are the Himalayas too high for the internet to pass? The prospect of an Asian digital single market seems remote, especially when India...

The new and impactful Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will create new trade opportunities among Asian countries and...

The essential guide to RCEP for anyone establishing operations in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia,...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force in early 2022. Investment Monitor looks at the countries and...

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement took effect for most of the 15 member countries on January 1 It is the...

When the Asia-Pacific Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) enters into force on 1 January 2022 it will create the world’s...

Excellent resource by Adrianople Group research team - Open Zone Map is the world’s first comprehensive attempt at mapping every single...

JAKARTA, 3 November 2021 – As of 2 November 2021, the ASEAN Secretariat has received Instruments of Ratification/Acceptance from six...