A treaty too many

India is learning that there is a heavy price to be paid for the large number of bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, it has signed in the …

Don’t drive Indian farmers to suicide through RCEP

India's political leadership seems to be favouring narrow corporate interests over those of the people

Farmers threaten to block essential supplies across India over RCEP

Farmer organisations burnt the effigy of Union minister Piyush Goyal at Jantar Mantar and called for protests across India in the coming days …

Proposed RCEP trade deal anti-poor, compromises India's food sovereignty: protesters

The proposed mega trade agreement, which India and 15 other countries are negotiating, is likely to compromise food sovereignty of developing …

Twinning Europe and Asia in cyberspace

There are plenty of lessons for ASEAN to learn from the dynamics of the EU’s cyber regulations such as GDPR and e-IDAS and, use them to …

India failed to benefit from free trade agreements with Asean: Report

The report, prepared by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said India’s trade had increased since it entered into FTAs with Asean

Buckled together in a free-trade belt

Negotiators have paved the way for the ratification of NAFTA, which overshadows both the EC and the ASEAN in terms of economic clout

RCEP, the world’s biggest trade deal, has been signed; but what exactly is it?

The final text confers no special rights on foreign corporations to sue governments through what are known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement …

India’s not joining the latest free-trade deal which limits Australia’s market access

India would have been the main area of additional market access for Australian agricultural and other exports

Indonesia ratifies 12-year-old agreement on cross-border haze

Singapore and Malaysia have blamed Indonesian forest fires for hazardous smog and air pollution in the area.

Myanmar, India’s gateway to ASEAN, can solve its power issues by shifting to renewables

The estimated potential for wind energy is 33.83 GW & for solar energy, it is 26.96 GW; effective tapping of these resources can reduce …

Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: ‘Implementation needs more resources’

All ASEAN countries face challenges in achieving the two sustainable development goals on biodiversity, leaders said in final session …

New mega-treaty in the pipeline: what does RCEP mean for farmers’ seeds in Asia?

RCEP will restrict seed saving and seed exchange at a time when, under the extreme pressures of climate change, farmers need more diversity in …

Bimstec: An opportunity to conserve wildlife and biodiversity

The regional alliance can promote an international model for close collaboration, cooperation, coordination and communication in the protection …

Singapore passes law to fine Indonesian firms that cause transborder haze

Study says forest loss in Indonesia worse than Brazil; most of the deforestation is caused by forest fires that result in transboundary haze

A change of heart

ASEAN nations adopt transboundary haze monitoring system

System would keep an eye on fire-emitting hot spots across the region to curb emissions

CO2 emissions in ASEAN from transport sector will double by 2050, warns energy agency

Timber tussle

ADB annual meet silences voices of the poor

But no one heard the poor at ADB's annual meet

Go-ahead for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

Green light for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

Southeast Asians worried about food security, extreme weather events, shows climate survey 

ASEAN countries must stop building new coal plants, say over half the respondents 

Trade deal inked

South Asia

ASEAN and partners sign Cebu declaration on energy security