Business
DTI’s Allan Gepty says ASEAN must move from agendas to implementation as economic ministers gather in Manila Sept 19–22 — with the Digital Economy Framework Agreement, a semiconductor roadmap, and trade talks with India, Korea, Japan, and Canada on the table.
Business
DPM Suphajee Suthumpun says a Thailand–EU FTA could lift growth above 3% and draw FDI, with a study pointing to GDP +1.28% and exports +2.8% — but the Phuket round from 28 Sep still has to finish the remaining third of chapters.
Business
Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index jumped 6% to a fourth straight record of $1,402 per 40ft box as typhoons, Golden Week demand, and Middle East risk kept capacity tight — with Shanghai–Laem Chabang and Ho Chi Minh City lanes up 15%.
Business
Singapore’s OCBC renewed a 10-year strategic pact with China’s Bank of Ningbo, extending a two-decade partnership aimed at ASEAN–Greater China business, trade, and wealth flows after China–ASEAN trade topped US$1 trillion in 2025.
