ASEAN a ‘more open market’ than EU, US: World Economic Forum (Channel News Asia, 1 December 2016)
ASEAN a ‘more open market’ than EU, US: World Economic Forum (Channel News Asia, 1 December 2016) ASEAN, the 10-state Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a more open market for international trade than either the European Union or the United States, according to a World Economic Forum report released on Wednesday (Nov 30). The…
Read MoreEU blames China for WTO environmental trade talks collapse (Channel News Asia, 5 December 2016)
EU blames China for WTO environmental trade talks collapse (Channel News Asia, 5 December 2016) Europe’s trade negotiator Cecilia Malmstrom has blamed China on Sunday for scuppering a global environmental trade deal by submitting impossible late demands at World Trade Organization talks aimed at scrapping import tariffs on exports worth more than US$1 trillion. “China…
Read MoreChina urges US to abide by WTO anti-dumping agreement (Channel News Asia, 2 December 2016)
China urges US to abide by WTO anti-dumping agreement (Channel News Asia, 2 December 2016) When China joined the WTO in 2001, it agreed to let WTO members treat it as a non-market economy when assessing dumping duties for 15 years. That gave trade partners the advantage of using a third country’s prices to gauge…
Read MoreMalaysia: Myanmar pursues ethnic cleansing of Rohingya (Al Jazeera, 4 December 2016)
Malaysia: Myanmar pursues ethnic cleansing of Rohingya (Al Jazeera, 4 December 2016) Malaysia has accused Myanmar of engaging in “ethnic cleansing” of its Rohingya Muslim minority, as former UN chief Kofi Annan visits a burned-out village in violence-hit Rakhine state. Tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled their homes since a bloody crackdown by…
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