Photo credit: Vientiane Times TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT LAOS, VIETNAM Laos aims to lower trade deficit with Vietnam to US$227 million in 2019 (24 May 2019) The Lao government hopes to lower
Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information Economy, Investment and Trade Singapore and Shanghai look to boost bilateral cooperation (24 May 2019) Singapore’s newly-minted Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat made a
HIGHLIGHTS April 2019 consumer price inflation Headline inflation was steady at 0.2% yoy in April. We revise our 2019 forecast from +1.8% to +1.0% amid weaker-than-expected inflation outturn in 4M19. Trade tensions obscure Malaysia’s
HIGHLIGHTS Singapore’s industrial production index rises 0.1% in April, beating expectations Singapore’s IPI increased 0.1% yoy in Apr due to sharp improvements in semiconductor output, but the rebound could be short-lived. Early read-through from
Photo credit: VNA TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND, LAOS Thailand may build two more bridges linking with Laos worth US$125 million (21 May 2019) Two more bridges over the Mekong river worth
Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 20th – 26th February 2019 edition. Countries do not have perpetual friends or perpetual enemies – only perpetual interests. That was as true in Lord Palmerston’s time as it
Photo Credit: China Daily Economy, Investment and Trade HK-ASEAN Investment Agreement to take effect for five ASEAN countries in June (16 May 2019) The Hong Kong-ASEAN Investment Agreement (IA) will come into
HIGHLIGHTS April 2019 trade NODX plunged 10% in April, on weakness in electronics and non-electronics. Downside risks to Singapore’s GDP growth and inflation outlook have intensified as protracted US-China talks weigh on trade recovery
Photo credit: VNA TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM, MYANMAR Vietnam and Myanmar strive to reach US$1 billion in trade turnover (12 May 2019) Myanmar President Win Myint’s visit to Hanoi on May
Photo credit: Getty Images Economy, Investment and Trade FTA between Hong Kong and three ASEAN countries to take effect in June (9 May 2019) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government