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The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has just released its 2016 study on the economic outlook for South-East Asia, China and India. Using data culled from 2014-2015 performance indicators, this comprehensive study examines several areas of interest to foreign investors throughout the Asian region.

On March 11, the European Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong will hold the “China’s One Belt, One Road: Opportunities for Europe” breakfast seminar, in which a group of experts will gather to discuss China’s new Silk Road initiative.

With 14 of the world’s 55 gigawatt solar panels installed in the country, China became the largest solar panel market in 2015. Two factors are combining to incentivize the Chinese government to strengthen the industry: increasing awareness of environmental pollution, and concerns over power supply and generation.

In this excerpt from Vietnam Briefing’s November edition, entitled “Navigating the Vietnam Supply Chain”, we examine tariff reductions in Vietnam proposed under the recently signed Trans Pacific Partnership.

With a total population exceeding 250 million, Indonesia is a great market opportunity for foreign companies seeking to expand their consumer base and bolster production. In this article, we outline the steps required to set up Representative Offices in the ASEAN country, as well as include information on ROs in other Asian markets.

World financial leaders gathered in Hong Kong on Monday, January 18 for the Asian Financial Forum. The two day event is meant to bring together representatives from finance and government for a discussion about economic growth prospects in Asia for 2016.

For foreign enterprises operating in Asia, firing an employee is a process fraught with various dos and don’ts. In this article, we present a case study that illustrates how a successful termination can be made in China – a country with a notoriously complicated termination procedure.

Chris Devonshire-Ellis’s new book, an examination of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposed “Silk Road Economic Belt”, is out now and available for purchase on the Asia Briefing bookstore.

Von Nishant Dixit Der indische Haushalt 2015/2016 beinhaltet einen Antrag zur Errichtung von Produktionszentren in den CLMV Ländern. Das CLMV schließt die vier ASEAN Nationen Kambodscha, Myanmar, Laos und Vietnam ein, bei denen das höchste Wachstum an ausländische Direktinvestitionen in der Region, besonders in der Produktion, gesehen wird. Während Indien versucht, die Wirtschaftspartnerschaften mit Südost-asien […]

The newest issue of Asia Briefing magazine, titled “The Cost of Doing Business in ASEAN Compared with China”, is out now and available as a complimentary download in the Asia Briefing Bookstore.