(Re)Negotiating East and Southeast Asia: Region, Regionalism, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Studies in Asian Security)
Phuket Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
PHUKET PRE-TEEN, Thanakrit Santidhamrongphan, is a very happy lad. Out of thousands of entries from around Thailand, young Thanakrit was fortunate to take second place in a national art competition run as part of the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management.
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
China's yuan is expected to play a bigger role in regional trade with the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) becoming effective on Jan 1, 2010. "The upcoming CAFTA, which boasts the largest population among all the world's FTAs (free trade areas) and allows zero tariff on 90 percent of products traded between China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), will quicken the process of...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Topic A Sunday, November 22, 2009 WashPost The Post asked foreign policy experts if Obama's trip was a success or an embarrassment. Below are contributions from Michael Auslin, Michael Green, Victor Cha, Danielle Pletka, Douglas E. Schoen, Richard C. Bush, Elizabeth C. Economy, David Shambaugh and Yang Jianli. MICHAEL AUSLIN Director of Japan studies, American Enterprise Institute The optics of the...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Cempaka Putih (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
New report provides detailed analysis of the Information Technology market Companiesandmarkets.com and OfficialWire , by Press Office, Published on November 20, 2009 The Indonesian IT market should grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 13% over 2009-2013 despite a deceleration in 2009, with demand in key segments affected by the global economic crisis. In H109, some manufacturing organisations...
Vox (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Céline Carrère , Jaime de Melo , Bolormaa Tumurchudur Klok , 21 November 2009 Almost all economies are party to preferential trade schemes. But how much are they “giving away” or “receiving” in preferential access? This column presents a compact representation of effective market access and applies it to the proposed ASEAN-EU trade agreement. Full Article: How...
Jot Asean (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
How did ASEAN countries rank on Transparency International's Corruption Index this year? The top ten least corrupt are the Nordic countries , plus New Zealand (#1), Canada, and Australia. (Netherlands isn't exactly Nordic, but it comes in at #6. Singapore (#3) is perceived as the least corrupt country in all of Asia. Brunei (#39) is perceived as being no more corrupt than South Korea. Malaysia (#56)...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Senior officials from ASEAN nations' national and private banks gathered here on Friday to attend the 39th ASEAN banking council meeting. The annual bankers' meeting focused on how to speed up the process of the integration of ASEAN financial services by 2015, and discussed on the cooperation in finance, investment, education and ASEAN inter-regional relations. "The close cooperation among ASEAN...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
South-east Asia's largest low-cost airline is considering a secondary listing in Thailand, which could lead to a merger of AirAsia with its Thai and Indonesian affiliates
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The site is normally crawling with tourists, but was shut down for the US leader's visit Photo: EPA Circling Sharks Smell American Blood -- Victor Davis Hanson On his recent trip to Asia, President Obama found China, Japan and South Korea - like many nations these days - in no mood to hear more American lectures. Beijing is worried about owning so much American debt. Tokyo is tiring of an American...
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Tata Motors has said it will begin exporting its Thai-made pickup truck to markets across the ASEAN trade block from next year, after import duties on local automotive products are cut to zero between the trade block's four main automotive markets in January.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
India would soon initiate the process to make the Asean Free Trade Agreement operational from January 1, 2010. The duty-free deal was signed in August 2009, in the midst of opposition from plantation sector farmers and political functionaries from southern states.
The Age (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Ten Southeast Asian nations pledged to create a regional immigration database to catch criminals and terrorists going across their borders, the group said.
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Barack Obama at the weekend became the first US president to share a room with all 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The US's new Asian focus is based partly on a belief that the region has been neglected, giving China a pre-eminent position, and that it's time to get down to business. - Brian McCartan (Nov 18, '09)
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aarkstore | 11/06/2009
Summary Vedan International (Holdings) Limited (Vedan) is a Vietnam based chemical company. The company, through its subsidiaries engaged in the production of fermentation based amino acids, food additive products and cassava starch-based industrial products in Asia. The company markets its products to food distributors, international trading companies, and manufacturers of food, paper, textile, and...
crompt | 11/04/2009
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak says that trade between New Zealand and Malaysia will increase further next year following the signing of a free trade agreement. “This year of course the trade number is going down as expected, but we are very confident that the figure will increase significantly next year,” the Prime Minister said. And he added, ?”I hope the private sectors from both sides will...
aarkstore | 09/14/2009
Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd. - Strategic Analysis Review Summary Temasek Holdings (Temasek) is an Asian investment company. The company manages a portfolio with a net value of about SGD 185 billion. The company manages a diverse portfolio with investment in industries that is comprised of energy and resources, financial services, media, property, education, telecommunications, consumer and lifestyle,...
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