Posts In Category ASEAN News

Cambodia Garment Strike Spotlights on Labor Rights

on July 30, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Economy, Malaysia News, News, Review, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The wraith of global meltdown is still resonating in some form or the other in most outsourcing dependent countries. The recent Cambodia garment workers’ strike turns out to be a […]

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Viet Nam Eyes Robust Myanmar Market

on July 15, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Bilateral Trade, Blog, Business, Export News, Import News, Politics, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Viet Nam Ambassador to Myanmar feels that Myanmar has all the trappings of providing big returns for investments ranging from mining, forestry management, agriculture and aquaculture to telecommunication, tourism […]

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Airline Introduces iTicketing with Apple iPad Kiosks

on June 24, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Aviation News, Credit Cards, E-Commerce, News, Tourism News, Travel News, Comments (0)

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in collaboration with SITA, an air transport technology major, has installed iPad kiosks at the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral), to simplify flyers’ travelling needs. The initial […]

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Lewis Turning Point of Chinese Economy May Improve Quality

on June 21, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Business, Economics, Economy, Global Export News, News, Trade News, Tradeoff, World Business News, Comments (0)

The recent strikes at Honda and other factories in China for pay hike have to be construed as the fallout of the dearth in obtaining ‘qualified’ workers and the rapidly […]

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Financial and Banking Methodology Helps Cambodia to Sustain

on June 10, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Business, Economy, News, Trade News, Comments (0)

Cambodia’s World Bank country manager Qimiao Fan on Tuesday said that Cambodia’s financial and banking regulations have assisted the country to sustain during the tumultuous times of global economic uncertainties. […]

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NZ Reveals Game Plan on FTAs and Bilateral Trade Pacts

on June 2, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Australian Business, Australian News, Bilateral Trade, Business, China Business News, Dairy News, Dairy Trade, Export News, Import News, India News, New Zealand News, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser’s address while laying the groundwork for the FTA talks with Russia has unveiled a strategy that his country would possibly be effecting the early […]

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WTO Must Streamline Organized Workforce to Cut Socio-economic Imbalances

on May 15, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Africa News, Blog, Business, EU News, Economy, Global Economy, Opinion, World Business, World Business News, Comments (0)

It is now apparent in the light of various studies conducted by both the UN agencies and other independent bodies that globalization has eluded its goals by not translating it […]

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UN Report Warns Neglect of Water and Sanitation to Nullify Progress

on April 22, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Africa News, Economy, India, News, Comments (0)

According to a UN study on water and sanitation, the economic growth of every country is directly linked to its progress made in providing potable water and sanitation facilities. It […]

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Developing Nations Follow Rich – Pile up Arms with New Lucre

on March 17, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Africa News, Asia Pacific Trade, Defence Supplies, Defense Supplies, Export News, Global Export News, Import News, Russia News, Saudi Arabia News, Comments (1)

According to a new study, the emerging economies of Latin America as well as South Asia are amassing arms to improve their defence status with their new earnings delivered by […]

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NZ Islamic Fed Questions Indonesian Halal Credentials

on January 11, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Asia Pacific Trade, Dairy News, Dairy Trade, Export News, Trade News, World Business News, Comments (0)

The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) has objected to the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI)’s move to make mandatory obtaining halal from the councils own certification before […]

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USDA Releases Details on Funds for Emerging Markets Program

on December 21, 2009 by admin in ASEAN News, Africa News, Global Export News, Trade News, US Business News, World Business News, Comments (0)

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that 91 agricultural trade promotion projects had been allocated $8.2m for the fiscal 2009 to promote overseas market access for the US […]

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ASEAN-China FTA May Hit the Indonesian Roadblock

on July 28, 2009 by admin in ASEAN News, Bilateral Trade, World Business, Comments (0)

Indonesian Textile Association (API) warned that the China-ASEAN FTA in the present form would not be accepted, and appealed not to overlook industry needs. Deputy Chairman of API, Ade Sudrajat […]

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Thailand Ropes in the UAE to Develop Mega Livestock Farms

on June 5, 2009 by admin in ASEAN News, Bilateral Trade, Business, Dairy News, Dubai News, GCC News, Trade Deals, Trade News, World Business, Comments (0)

According to sources, Thailand has been able to attract the UAE to invest in its livestock farming industry to produce halal products out of sheep, goats and other livestock. Thailand […]

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N. Korean Satellite Launch May Deflect ASEAN Summit’s Real Purpose

on April 9, 2009 by admin in ASEAN News, Asia Pacific Trade, Australian News, Business, Global Economy, North Korea News, Protectionism, Recent Summit, Trade News, Comments (0)

The second phase of the 14th ASEAN Summit and related summits which is scheduled to be held on 10-12 April in the Thai resort city of Pattaya is feared to […]

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