13h ago
By Siti Radziah Hamzah
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the professional regional policy advisory firm, has highlighted advancing services liberalisation, strengthening trade facilitation and internationalising regional firms as vital ingredients for ASEAN to achieve deeper economic integration.
1d ago
By Harizah Hanim Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- Economic cooperation and security will take centre stage as ASEAN leaders gather this week for the 47th ASEAN Summit, which aims to push forward key trade agreements and deepen regional integration amid a challenging global environment.
3d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) – Malaysia can hold its head high as its chairmanship of ASEAN 2025 draws to a close this year for having set in motion initiatives to drive regional integration, engage more with dialogue partners and fortify the grouping’s economic pillar.
8d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- ASEAN’s goal to build a fully integrated regional power grid by 2045 is ambitious but achievable, said World Bank lead energy specialist Yussuf Uwamahoro.
12d ago
By Mikhail Raj Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s bold move to introduce ASEAN Business Entity (ABE) status in the 2026 Budget reflects his strong commitment to advancing regional integration and giving real substance to Malaysia being the “gateway to ASEAN”.
13d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (SAMENTA) has described Budget 2026 as a positive and pragmatic plan that recognises the critical role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in driving and sustaining Malaysia's economic growth.
16d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) will host the Women in Trade and Industry (WITI) Forum 2025 on Oct 8, 2025, and the ASEAN SME Economic Conference 2025 on the following day.
23d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 (Bernama) – Malaysia, as ASEAN chair at the summit next month, will focus on geopolitical issues but more so on the region’s shared agenda to emerge as a global economic power, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today.
27d ago
By Kisho Kumari Sucedaram
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (Bernama) – Southeast Asian economies have sent a clear message that their markets are open for business, despite being confronted by tough protectionist measures and tariffs that threaten free trade and stoke immense global uncertainty.
27d ago
By Karina Imran, Ahmad Erwan Othman and Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (Bernama) -- ASEAN economic ministers have collectively reaffirmed their support for Timor-Leste’s full membership in the regional bloc, paving the way for the country to join as the 11th member state at the 47th ASEAN Summit next month.
29d ago
By Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Patent filings in ASEAN have surged by 70 per cent over the past decade, underscoring rapid growth in intellectual property (IP), driven by the significant rise in innovations among member states.
29d ago
By Durratul Ain Ahmad Fuad
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Deepening Closer Economic Relations (CER) between ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand through frameworks such as the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and the broader Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is creating regulatory certainty, trade predictability and foreign direct investment (FDI) magnetism.