Burma News

US Reviews Burma, Laos As Possible GSP Beneficiaries
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Monday, April 22, 2013
The United States Trade Representative has initiated a public review for possible designation of Burma and Laos as beneficiary countries of the Generalized System of Preferences. Read Full Story

Singapore Recommends TPP, RCEP To APEC Businesses
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Friday, April 5, 2013
In his opening remarks to the 2nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council, Singapore's Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan urged its members to take advantage of the emerging regional trade frameworks – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Read Full Story

MEPs Recommend Restoring Myanmar's Free Access To EU Market
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, March 22, 2013
Members of the European Parliament have recommended that Myanmar's duty and quota free access to the European Union market should be reinstated. Read Full Story

Canadian Govt Promotes 2012 Trade Accomplishments
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Canada's International Trade Minister Ed Fast has been promoting his government's key trade accomplishments for 2012, stressing the importance of what he calls the most ambitious trade-expansion plan in Canada’s history. Read Full Story

South Korea To Host Asia-Pac Fiscal Management Network
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Following the signature of an agreement between the Korea Institute of Public Finance and the World Bank, it has been decided that the Secretariat for the Public Expenditure Management Network in Asia will be located in Seoul, South Korea. Read Full Story

ASEAN Plus 6 FTA Partners Launch Trade Talks
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Friday, November 23, 2012
At the recent 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, it was agreed that talks should begin on a new regional trade treaty, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Read Full Story

US To Strengthen Trade, Investment Ties With ASEAN
by Leroy Baker, Tax-News.com, New York
Friday, September 7, 2012
Consultations on August 30 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Ministers, led by Cham Prasidh, the Cambodian Minister of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk agreed to pursue a further deepening of trade and investment ties. Read Full Story

Canadian Minister On Trade Mission To SE Asia
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Friday, August 31, 2012
Canada's Minister of International Trade has embarked on a trade mission to Southeast Asia in an effort to further deepen trade and investment ties with the region. Read Full Story

ASEAN, World Bank Monitor Progress To AEC
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank have signed an agreement for the World Bank to provide advisory services to ASEAN to strengthen its capacity to monitor progress towards achieving the ASEAN Economic Community. Read Full Story

ASEAN, EU Confirm Importance Of FTA Talks
by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
When the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and European Union held a meeting in Brunei on April 27, emphasis was laid on the on-going negotiation of free trade agreements between the two regions. Read Full Story
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