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Timor-Leste on Sunday officially became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, marking the bloc’s first expansion in 26 ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Asia’s largest trade bloc, will seek out ways to enhance intra-regional trade, and may even consider admitting new members, when its leaders ...

It is a great honour to address you today on behalf of the European Union at the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur. I would like to thank Prime Minister Anwar for inviting, for the first time, the ...

Restoring relationships with Southeast Asia was high on President Trump’s agenda as he arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for the opening of the 47th ASEAN Summit—a meeting where trade issues, tariffs, ...

Kao Kim Hourn, ASEAN Secretary-General, discusses the importance of U.S. President Donald Trump's attendance at the 47th ASEAN Summit, including the signing of key trade deals and the progress on ...

SINGAPORE: ASEAN member states are set to sign a landmark regional digital economy agreement at the 47th ASEAN Summit in November after concluding negotiations on the pact this week. The Ministry of ...

The announcement came after China's Premier Li Qiang called on his Asian counterparts to "uphold free trade and the multilateral trading system." The bloc will reportedly not send observers to the ...