Region

Jul. 2 – A long-standing dispute between China and the Philippines over territorial rights in the South China Sea continues to fester as the two countries increased naval patrols in the contentious Asian waters. In January, the Philippines initiated arbitration hearings against China with the United Nations to address alleged incursions by Chinese vessels into […]

Jun. 28 – Mumbai may be on the way to overtaking Shanghai as a financial hub in the coming years based on data which shows that the Bombay Stock Exchange’s main index significantly outperformed the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s main index in terms of growth in the past decade. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) traces its […]

Jun. 26 – United States Secretary of State John Kerry has voiced his support for a bilateral investment treaty with India. Kerry was recently in New Delhi for the 4th round of the Indo-U.S. Strategic Dialogue. In a speech on Sunday, he said the treaty would bolster investor confidence in India and address concerns over […]

Jun. 26 – The effective management of indirect taxes in rapid growth markets (RGMs) such as China and India is a primary concern for many multinational corporations (MNCs). An indirect tax is a tax levied on goods and services which is ultimately paid by the consumer in the form of a higher price. Two of […]

Jun. 21 – China and Vietnam have signed several bilateral trade and infrastructure agreements during a visit by the Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang to Beijing this week. This is Vietnam’s first official visit since Premier Li and President Xi took office in China earlier this year. President Sang welcomed the invitation to visit China, […]

Jun. 19 – The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh dispatched a special envoy this month to meet with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss bilateral trade relations. During the meeting, both countries agreed on the importance of increased bilateral trade and committed to commence dialogues between the two countries’ respective commerce ministries. According […]

Jun. 12 – India’s largest power company, Tata Power Co. Ltd., has beaten competitors to sign a US$1.8 billion contract to invest in a thermal power project in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province. The thermal power plant, which will be called Long Phu 2, is the largest project in Vietnam that an Indian company has ever invested […]

India and Myanmar have formally committed to strengthen their bilateral trade relations, including bolstering their cross-border investment efforts. Other advances were also made in the IT and garment and textiles industries.

By Nathan Barlow Jun. 7 – A trade corridor is a specific trading route that utilizes common trade agreements and infrastructure of the involved nations to increase the flow and productivity of trade. The establishment of a trade corridor by the Bangladesh–China–India–Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation (BCIM) was an idea originally developed by Chinese scholars […]

India strengthened its “Look East Policy” recently after government officials visited several of the country’s Asian neighbors, meeting with representatives in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam.