Two-way trade between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China is expected to exceed US$1 trillion by the ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pushing ahead with talks on a third version of a free trade agreement at an ASEAN summit in the Indonesian capital ...
ASEAN’s involvement in the South China Sea dispute began informally and incrementally. As Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, China and Taiwan firmed up their territorial claims, the dispute ...
Leaders from China and the 11 ASEAN member states shake hands during the 28th ASEAN-China Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu Wijaya The Association ...
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As ASEAN Chair in 2026, the Philippines faces challenges balancing our South China Sea problems with regional unity, managing internal political pressures, navigating great power competition and ...
Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao attends the ASEAN-Canada Summit in Jakarta, Sep. 3, 2023. Credit: Media Center of The ASEAN Summit 2023/M Agung Rajasa/pras/mifta The saga of Timor-Leste’s ...
Commerce Minister Wang Wentao (second from left) and Malaysia's Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz (second from right) display copies of the China-ASEAN Free Trade ...
Rate China charged on ASEAN goods would be cut to 0.1% from 9.8%; tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by ASEAN states will fall to 0.6% from 12.8%. Covering a market of 1.7 billion consumers, China and ...