Singapore and Malaysia had agreed to set up a task force to study the formation of the special economic zone in the Johor state, following a July meeting of a joint ministerial committee for Iskandar Malaysia.
China has stepped up diversification efforts, with countries involved in its Belt and Road Initiative becoming more important export locations amid Western calls to de-risk supply chains.
roll out of many of the policies related to the ira bill. if the commerce secretary that has the portfolios for more of the concerns that china has at this moment. deborah elms from the asian trade centre, thank you so much for joining us. let s look at the aviation sector in china, because a number of chinese carriers are reporting earnings this week including china southern as well as both air china and china eastern later this week. they have quickly reestablish flights, but when you look at bookings for international flights, the response from chinese passengers hasn t been as strong as expected. let s bring in industry analyst francis who joins me now. expected. let s bring in industry analyst francis whojoins me now. of course, there have been a surgeon chinese tourists in a number of asian countries, but when you look at the bookings themselves, not as
regularly scheduled district dialogue, those were disrupted. it is important to get high level officials, and the commerce secretary runs many of the programmes that are of particular interest to the chinese, especially around export controls, issues on semiconductors, the roll out of many of the policies related to the ira bill. so it is the commerce secretary that has the portfolio for more of the concerns that china has at this moment. , h, . , concerns that china has at this moment. , ., , , , ., ~ moment. deborah elms speaking to me earlier. to me earlier. in other news, the chief executive of qantas has been accused of misleading the australian public over the true value of unredeemed flight credits. he has appeared before a senate committee in melbourne facing questions over the airline is mac soaring profits and airfares, despite growing customer satisfaction. qantas owes passages almost 240 us dollars in unredeemed flights