Liberalising the ASEAN-EU market for trade was a key objective of the sixth ASEAN-EU Business Summit held in Singapore on 3rd March. Foundational to this, however is ASEAN integration, which contemplates the free movement of goods, services, investments and skilled labour in order to unify businesses and consumers in the Southeast Asian region.
The European Union (EU) and ASEAN celebrated 40 years of diplomatic relations in 2017, with trade characterising the strongest dimension of their relationship thus far. As ASEAN chair, Singapore this year hosted the sixth ASEAN-EU Business Summit, which coincided with the 24th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Retreat in Singapore from 1-3 March, 2018. At the ASEAN-EU Business Summit, opening remarks were delivered by Donald Kanak, Chairman of the EU-ASEAN Business Council, H.E.
Date : 2 March 2018 (Friday)Time : 8:00 to 18:30Venue : Grand Ballroom, The Grand Hyatt SingaporeWebsite : www.asean-eu-summit.orgThe ASEAN-EU Business Summit was founded in 2011 in Indonesia and has since developed to an established meeting point in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in April 2012; Hanoi, Vietnam in March 2013; Kuala Lumpur in August 2015; and, most recently in Manila, Philippines in March 2017, with several hundred delegates attending each
