China’s Middle East Tightrope
To understand China’s role in the Middle East, consider one recent event, and one recent non-event. In late March, Beijing made headlines by sending warships to rescue hundreds of Chinese and foreign nationals from conflict-torn Yemen. Yet in early April, Chinese President Xi Jinping canceled what was supposed to be his first official trip to […]
Former USTRs: President Must Have ‘fast track’ to Complete TPP, TTIP
The U.S. is slowly building momentum for two historic trade pacts: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). But without trade promotion authority (TPA) – which grants the president the right to negotiate a non-amendable deal with expedited floor debate – these deals will never pass. So say America’s lead […]
ASEAN Leaders Push for Greater Regional Labour Mobility
KUALA LUMPUR: More engineers and architects in Southeast Asia have registered with professional bodies in the region to have their qualifications recognised. According to the ASEAN Secretariat, there’s a “steady increase” of these registered professionals who have started working in other ASEAN countries. Currently there are 987 engineers registered with the ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers […]
The Future of U.S. Trade Policy
The post-World War II era has seen the dramatic growth of international trade and the creation of a global trading framework based on the principles of open economies. The United States has been at the forefront of these changes, even as its reliance on trade remains near the lowest of any developed country. The global […]
Nigeria: Arso Advocates Harmonised Standards to Boost Intra-African Trade
WITH an improvement in the level of intra-African transactions and communication, African products would enjoy a boost at the global market coupled with the concomitant promotion of peace, integration and trans-border trade across the region, the African Organisation for Standardisation has said. Underlying the need to boost intra-African trade, ARSO President, Dr. Joseph Odumodu, who […]
Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Matters
AFTER five years, American-led negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade liberalization agreement with 11 other countries that collectively account for 40 percent of the world’s economy, are nearly complete. The next step is for Congress to allow for the same legislative process — an up-or-down vote on the deal — that it applied to […]
Turkey eyes more FDI from Japan with Economic Cooperation Agreement
The President of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) İlker Aycı was Daily Sabah’s guest this week and we discussed the recent developments between Turkey and Japan regarding foreign direct investments. Daily Sabah: Turkey managed to attract the attention of investors from the Far East with its young and dynamic population along […]