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A Resurgent East Asia: Navigating a Changing...
29 January, 2019 at 12:00
The success story of East Asia and its development model – a combination of outward-oriented growth, human capital development, and sound economic governance – has been dubbed the “East Asian Miracle.”
Vietnam to remove 49% foreign ownership cap...
15 October, 2018 at 15:00
Vietnam plans to remove restrictions on foreign ownership of state-owned and listed companies by the end of 2019, as Hanoi looks to open its capital-hungry economy further in order to sustain rapid growth.
Trump Signs Revised Korean Trade Deal
5 October, 2018 at 13:00
President Trump signed a revised free trade agreement with South Korea on Monday in New York, cementing the first bilateral trade deal of his administration and suggesting the United States…
Edgy Investors Are Retreating From Risky Economies
20 September, 2018 at 16:00
Cratering currencies, rising inflation, jumpy investors: A financial panic is again gripping some of the world’s developing economies.
Is Trump Serious About Trade War? China’s...
20 April, 2018 at 13:00
In an elegantly furnished back room at a conference in eastern China in December, a member of the Chinese leadership asked American tech executives for help.
Tax Incentives for Foreign Investment in Vietnam
19 February, 2018 at 15:00
Foreign investors considering the Vietnamese market are often drawn by its competitive costs. Vietnam’s low wages have traditionally provided these cost savings; however, the country has also quietly developed one of the most competitive tax regimes…
US tax cuts unnerve Asian economies
12 February, 2018 at 18:00
The U.S. move to slash business taxes means Asian economies, which have been promoting themselves on the back of their low tax rates, must review their strategies.
Who will pay Vietnam’s rising tax bill?
9 February, 2018 at 12:00
Who will pay Vietnam’s rising tax bill? Communist Party grapples with how to raise state revenues without stoking perceptions it taxes the poor
Indonesia’s unstable rules keeping foreign investors away
6 February, 2018 at 10:00
The chief of Indonesia’s investment board said on Friday frequent and abrupt changes in regulations were discouraging foreign investors from putting money into Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
As U.S. Trumpets ‘America First,’ Rest of...
31 January, 2018 at 13:00
President Trump is arriving at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to explain his “America First” approach at a moment when the world is moving ahead…
[OPINION] Forget Trump and Discover the World
5 December, 2017 at 14:12
In a recent MSNBC interview I described President Trump as a “brain-eating disease.”
Indonesia Hunts For Investors for Projects Worth...
19 October, 2017 at 11:32
Indonesia will turn to private investors for the hundreds of billions of dollars in investment needed to develop the archipelago’s infrastructure and natural resources…
Business icon Washington SyCip dies at 96
9 October, 2017 at 09:52
Leading Filipino-Chinese business icon Washington SyCip died at the age of 96, people close to the businessman confirmed Sunday, October 8.
Japan–EU negotiations racing against protectionism
6 July, 2017 at 13:00
The Japan–EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations appear to be coming down to the wire. Both sides are aiming to reach a framework agreement prior to the G20 summit on 7 July.
