Economy & Trade

In this article, the economic effects of Thailand’s protests are covered, with special attention paid to the impact on equity prices and consumer sentiment in the country.

India and China have been holding their third round of the joint Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing this past week, with changing demographics in both of these two Asian giants dictating future collaborations.

In the newest issue of Asia Briefing Magazine, we highlight and explore Singapore’s position as a holding company location for outbound investment, most notably for companies seeking to enter ASEAN and other emerging markets in Asia.

The Philippine government is set to sign a long-awaited peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) next week that will end more than 30 years of conflict in the country’s southern Mindanao region.

Recent protests in Thailand have shaken investor confidence, but there are still several trends that may provide strong returns for long-term investors. In this quest contribution from Squawkonomics, Thailand’s macro economic outlook is considered and several equity plays are outlined.

Even while Chinese outbound investment increases, India remains the best target for soliciting FDI thanks to its open markets and low state intervention.

A consortium of 15 international telecommunications companies have agreed to install a 20,000 km system of cables running under the sea from Singapore to France, across 17 countries.

Despite political tensions between Japan and its East Asian neighbors, China and South Korea, officials from each of the three countries set aside their differences as they engaged in the fourth round of trilateral FTA talks in Seoul this week.

As the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) began to contract in China, manufacturing opportunities in the broader Asian region continue to become more enticing.

In the first week of February, a Chinese working group submitted a five-year trade and economic planning cooperation proposal to the Indian government, offering to finance as much as 30 percent of the US$1 trillion targeted investment in infrastructure during India’s 12th Five-Year Plan.