Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are committed to continue developing regional economic integration despite the rising anti-globalization sentiments and trade tension, ...

While acknowledging the need to seek a new form of integration that goes beyond trade liberalization, Asia experts held out differing views as to whether China, the potent power, poses threat or ...

At a time when the world desperately needs global cooperation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased geopolitical tension, economic nationalism, and fear of supply chain disruption are making it more ...

Just over a year ago, Asean released its mid-term review of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025. The review reported that 54.1 percent of the document’s line items had been completed, ...

APEC is becoming increasingly significant in addressing contemporary trade and investment issues, with a strong focus on regional economic integration. Despite challenges like US tariffs and rising ...

Later this month, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will host its 32nd summit. ASEAN’s themes for 2018, under Singapore’s chairmanship, are “resilience and innovation.” Both will be ...

Africa needs to step up productive and infrastructural integration amid the COVID-19 economic recovery process, suggested a report. African Regional Integration Index (ARII), a joint publication of ...

In March 2016, the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) established an Independent Commission on Trade Policy, chaired by ASPI Vice President Wendy Cutler, to review the network of trade agreements ...

Africa’s quest to trade with itself has never been more urgent. With the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) gaining momentum, governments are ...

On the occasion of the New Year, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son granted the media an interview on the results of Vietnam’s international economic integration in 2020 and ...