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WCO working group finalizes work on e-commerce standards
The Working Group on E-Commerce (WGEC) met recently to wrap up remaining work items leading to the harmonized implementation of the e-commerce...
Thailand contemplates CPTPP membership
Thailand is mulling the benefits and consequences of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a free trade...
HK plunges, SG stays on top in Asia liveability rankings
Hong Kong has tumbled 52 places and is now only the 93rd most liveable location in East Asia for overseas workers coming...
COVID-19 outbreak elevates risk to ASEAN+3 growth — report
The recent outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, and its subsequent spread outside the country has heightened the risk...
Vietnam-China auxiliary border gates reopen
Vietnam and China are reopening auxiliary border gates in the northern and northeastern provinces of Vietnam after these were temporarily closed to...
Accepted amendments to Harmonized System published
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has published the more than 300 sets of amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) Nomenclature following their...
Vietnam’s merchandise exports decline 14% in Jan
Vietnamese exports of goods amounted to only US$19 billion in January, a year-on-year fall of 14.3%, according to the latest data from...
ASEAN manufacturing health deteriorates only mildly as new orders grow
Operating conditions across the ASEAN manufacturing sector deteriorated for the eighth month running in January 2020, but the rate of decline was...
Illicit agri-foods trade costs industry up to $40B annually — TRACIT...
Fake, substandard, smuggled and illegal agri-foods distort and destabilize food markets and cost the global food industry an estimated US$30 billion to...
Illicit trade leads to over $2T in economic losses yearly —...
More than US$2 trillion in economic losses is incurred each year due to smuggling, counterfeiting, trafficking of humans and wildlife, and other...
