Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Vietnam will do its utmost for growth of ASEAN banks

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

AirAsia seeks dual listing in Asean

Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

South-east Asia's largest low-cost airline is considering a secondary listing in Thailand, which could lead to a merger of AirAsia with its Thai and Indonesian affiliates

Corruption index 2009: ASEAN country rankings

Jot Asean (Free subscription) | yesterday

How did ASEAN countries rank on Transparency International's Corruption Index this year? The top ten least corrupt are the Nordic countries , plus New Zealand (#1), Canada, and Australia. (Netherlands isn't exactly Nordic, but it comes in at #6. Singapore (#3) is perceived as the least corrupt country in all of Asia. Brunei (#39) is perceived as being no more corrupt than South Korea. Malaysia (#56)...

39th ASEAN bankers' council meeting held in Cambodia

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Senior officials from ASEAN nations' national and private banks gathered here on Friday to attend the 39th ASEAN banking council meeting. The annual bankers' meeting focused on how to speed up the process of the integration of ASEAN financial services by 2015, and discussed on the cooperation in finance, investment, education and ASEAN inter-regional relations. "The close cooperation among ASEAN...

Vietnam chairs ASEAN Bankers Association

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday

How preferential are preferential trade agreements?

Vox (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

Céline Carrère , Jaime de Melo , Bolormaa Tumurchudur Klok , 21 November 2009 Almost all economies are party to preferential trade schemes. But how much are they “giving away” or “receiving” in preferential access? This column presents a compact representation of effective market access and applies it to the proposed ASEAN-EU trade agreement. Full Article: How...

Foreign policy specialists assess Obama's trip to Asia

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Topic A Sunday, November 22, 2009 WashPost The Post asked foreign policy experts if Obama's trip was a success or an embarrassment. Below are contributions from Michael Auslin, Michael Green, Victor Cha, Danielle Pletka, Douglas E. Schoen, Richard C. Bush, Elizabeth C. Economy, David Shambaugh and Yang Jianli. MICHAEL AUSLIN Director of Japan studies, American Enterprise Institute The optics of the...

Indonesia Information Technology Report Q4 2009 - New Report Published

Cempaka Putih (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

New report provides detailed analysis of the Information Technology market Companiesandmarkets.com and OfficialWire , by Press Office, Published on November 20, 2009 The Indonesian IT market should grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 13% over 2009-2013 despite a deceleration in 2009, with demand in key segments affected by the global economic crisis. In H109, some manufacturing organisations...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 19, 2009

War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday

The site is normally crawling with tourists, but was shut down for the US leader's visit Photo: EPA Circling Sharks Smell American Blood -- Victor Davis Hanson On his recent trip to Asia, President Obama found China, Japan and South Korea - like many nations these days - in no mood to hear more American lectures. Beijing is worried about owning so much American debt. Tokyo is tiring of an American...

THAILAND: Tata to ship Thai pickup across ASEAN

Just Auto (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Tata Motors has said it will begin exporting its Thai-made pickup truck to markets across the ASEAN trade block from next year, after import duties on local automotive products are cut to zero between the trade block's four main automotive markets in January.

India, Asean FTA likely to be operational by Jan

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

India would soon initiate the process to make the Asean Free Trade Agreement operational from January 1, 2010. The duty-free deal was signed in August 2009, in the midst of opposition from plantation sector farmers and political functionaries from southern states.

ASEAN to create immigration database

The Age (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Ten Southeast Asian nations pledged to create a regional immigration database to catch criminals and terrorists going across their borders, the group said.

• ASEAN to create immigration database - Sydney Morning Herald

A new courtship for Southeast Asia

Asia Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Barack Obama at the weekend became the first US president to share a room with all 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The US's new Asian focus is based partly on a belief that the region has been neglected, giving China a pre-eminent position, and that it's time to get down to business. - Brian McCartan (Nov 18, '09)

Pacific outlook: Obama charts his approach to the Asian neighbors

post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

President Barack Obama, on his first visit to Asia as president, made an important speech in Tokyo on Saturday that can serve as a template for U.S. policy toward that region during his term. The speech was carefully deferential to Mr. Obama's Japanese hosts, although there was every reason to make his seminal Asia speech from there. The United States and Japan are still the world's two largest economies...

Myanmar stresses cooperation among ASEAN members plus three for sectoral development

People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Myanmar official media stressed on Wednesday the need for cooperation among ASEAN members themselves and between the ASEAN nations and their three partners, believing that these cooperation will bring further development to agricultural and forest sectors of the region. The New Light of Myanmar made the emphasis in its editorial following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by leaders of the...