The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is set to arrive at the end of this year. It is a significant step forward, and could be a crucial turning point for ASEAN (Association of South-east Asian Nations).

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has achieved significant formal progress. Tariffs on trade in goods were largely eliminated by 2018, marking a major milestone in regional integration. Yet ...

CEBU, Philippines — Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic ministers are strengthening regional coordination efforts to ensure the region remains open and stable amid growing global ...

The economic component of Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2022 was less visible against the background of US–China tensions and the Ukraine and Myanmar crises. But promoting prosperity, deepening ...

This report is part of Inquirer’s special coverage of Asean 2026: PH hosts 48th summit and related meetings. For real-time updates, follow our live coverage of the regional event. Southeast Asian ...

The Trump tariff shock has profoundly disrupted East Asia’s economic landscape, presenting mounting challenges for the region’s export-driven economies. The unjustified tariffs imposed on ASEAN, China ...

This year, the Philippines chairs the 11-member intergovernmental organization Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ASEAN’s global significance begins with its population of nearly 700 ...

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Economic leaders convene in Cebu on Thursday morning, May 7, as the 27th ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Council Meeting focuses on how the region can remain stable and ...

Asean member states are working to establish protocols that will ease cross-border digital trade and help to address emerging trends, such as artificial intelligence (AI). Targeted to be completed by ...

For more than a decade, a cornerstone of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) policy has been an incremental push to establish the ASEAN Community. Based on three interconnected pillars ...

Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Cristina Roque said ASEAN Economic Community Council Ministers are working to further strengthen regional coordination and ensure that the region remains open ...

MANILA (Bernama-PNA): Negotiations for the Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), the region’s first comprehensive digital economy pact, have concluded, paving the way for its signing in ...