Economy & Trade

By Alex Tangkilisan Feb. 20 – In the second part of our ASEAN-India Free Trade Area analysis, we will examine trade trends and statistics from India to Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar. Indonesia and Vietnam make up two of the major six economies in ASEAN, while Myanmar is one of the four smallest economies in the […]

Feb. 19 – The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron is in India this week on a trade mission to beat the drums for stronger trade links between the two countries, and to advocate the UK as India’s “partner of choice”. Prime Minister Cameron stressed the opportunities that an emerging Indian economy presents for the […]

Feb. 14 – Recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration have revealed that China consumes almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Perhaps even more shocking, it has been estimated that India, who currently faces domestic shortages, could be importing as much coal as China by 2017. As the Asian […]

By Alex Tangkilisan Feb. 7 – The ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA) is a free trade area consisting of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India. The initial framework agreement was signed in Bali, Indonesia, on October 8, 2003, and the final agreement was signed on August 13, […]

Feb. 6 – Malaysia – the first Southeast Asian nation to establish formal diplomatic ties with Communist China back in 1974 – has formally launched the first joint Malay-Sino industrial park in Kuantan, the state capital of Pahang Province. Pahang is Malaysia’s third-largest state, while Kuantan it is located roughly halfway up the east Malay […]

Feb. 4 – The Philippines’ economy grew 6.6 percent during 2012, a better than expected performance which was boosted by a final Q4 GDP growth of 6.8 percent. The figures represent a considerable improvement over 2011’s GDP growth of 3.9 percent, and make the Philippines one of the better performers in Asian GDP growth for […]

Feb. 4 – Foreign nationals are expected to make up 50 percent of Singapore’s total population by 2030, according to a recent government white paper. The Singaporean National Population and Talent Division stated that Singapore’s birth rate has been below replacement levels for the past three decades and, as a result, immigration is necessary to […]

By Hoang Thu Huyen and My Nguyen, Dezan Shira & Associates Jan. 31 – One of the great enigma’s concerning managers across Asia today is Vietnam’s trade relationship with China, its massive northern neighbor with which it shares an 840-mile border. This is a timely question to examine, not least because Vietnam is one of […]

Jan. 24 – China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) stated that the long awaited Myanmar-China oil and gas pipelines should be operational by May of this year. The 1,100 kilometer pipeline stretches from Kyaukpyu Port on Myanmar’s central west coast, crosses the country from west to east and terminates at Ruili, near Kunming, in Yunnan Province. […]

Complimentary Download, Co-Written By Dezan Shira & Associates Jan. 9 – The U.S. Commercial Service has just published the third edition of the popular China Business Handbook for the year 2013, with chapters contributed by selected foreign investment firms, including Dezan Shira & Associates. “The China Business Handbook looks closely at important e-commerce trends, explores […]