Singapore’s economy grew by 0.4% on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of 2023, lower than the 2.1% expansion in the previous quarter, the Ministry of Trade and Industry announced on May 25.
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must make greater efforts to improve the quality of life in the region to build a resilient community and achieve a faster recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, said a new report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto on May 23 held online talks with Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell to discuss the supply chain in the Indo-Pacific nations.
Indonesia and Malaysia, the world s biggest palm oil producers, plan to send envoys to the European Union to discuss the impact of the bloc s new deforestation law on their palm oil sectors,.