However, Bimstec has largely replicated Saarc's structural weaknesses, particularly in its failure to foster economic integration. The Bimstec Free Trade Agreement, proposed in 2004, remains ...

whereby trade could restart is if both countries recommit to the South Asian Free Trade Area, a 2004 agreement that created a free-trade area for the region. Dr Huma Baqai, rector of the ...

From digital trade to sustainability, APEC’s evolving agenda shows why economic integration still matters — and why the world ...

South Korea's trade minister has asked his U.S. counterpart to exempt the country from reciprocal tariffs if they go into ...

Currently, Bangladesh also enjoys trade benefits from the South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) and the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (Apta).

Asia will remain a “beacon of growth opportunities” despite escalating global trade tensions, according to Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.

India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines are forecast to lead in both speed and scale of trade growth from 2024 to 2029 South Asia and Southeast ... and population. The free interactive ...

To be sure, it is still early days in the second Trump administration and its effects on the nature of U.S.-China asymmetric ...

VCG. The top diplomats from China, Japan, and South Korea agreed that against the backdrop of a complex and turbulent ...

Earlier this month, Trump singled out South Korea for applying high tariffs. He said the US Asian ally's tariffs ... cent as the two countries have a free trade pact, according to the South ...