ISDS Case Map
ASEAN
The Philippines will pursue separate discussions with Mexico and the US for potential free trade agreements with each these two countries.
The part relating to Indonesia under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Investment Agreement (IA) between China's Hong Kong and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will enter into force on July 4.
A new free trade agreement with Singapore is giving Moscow unprecedented access to Southeast Asian markets.
The European Union (EU) continues to push for more trade deals with major Asean economies despite making slow progress following its consecutive successes with Singapore and Vietnam last year.
Economic complementarity, lower shipping costs and the upcoming Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will substantially expand bilateral trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal is still on track to be signed by the end of 2020, Singapore's Minister of Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said.
Given China’s influence gradually ebbing as a major supply chain hub in the region and Japan and Japan asking its investors to withdraw from China, new opportunities emerge for India to woo investment from these nations.
With the new coronavirus pandemic hindering the progress of talks for the world's biggest free trade pact involving 16 Asia-Pacific countries, Japan may be forced to give up reaching the deal this year in the face of domestic opposition.
Besides to the European Union, a schedule of negotiations of trade for the year is also the plan will be reviewed.
The European Union is Malaysia’s third-largest trading partner and is its largest source of foreign direct investment, and Malaysia is a major exporter of raw materials to the European Union. But politics over palm oil threaten their relationship.
