ASEAN Economic Ministers Retreat opens in Thailand
The 22nd ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat officially opened in Thailand's Chiang Mai province on March 3.
The annual meeting focuses on ways to accelerate negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with several trading partners, namely China, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand.
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ASEAN economic ministers at the event |
The ministers will also debate on how to make ASEAN a larger market through links in production, manufacture, and trade and investment among the bloc’s member nations, and promote stronger investment from the private economic sector.
Later the same day, the Vietnamese delegation will preside over a consultation session between ASEAN economic ministers and representatives from the EU commercial delegation.