10 years in the making, ASEAN to sign consensus on migrants’ rights in summit
A key feature of the document is to afford mechanisms for ASEAN migrants such as labor contracts and legal representation.
Tag Archives: ASEAN50
Code of Conduct won’t solve South China Sea dispute, experts say
“A piece of paper is not enforceable if parties do not honor their promises” - Lorenzana
Time for ASEAN to talk less, do more, former leaders say
Engage people more.
The old must give way to the young in ASEAN—FVR, Mahathir
“The old solutions are not working anymore.” - Mahathir
ASEAN can’t leave unskilled migrants out of integration – report
ASEAN is missing out on achieving real economic integration if it does not recognize and allow more labor mobility – including for unskilled ones that make up the most of its migrants.
Bumpy road for the Philippines as ASEAN Chair
The Philippines’ chairing of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the regional organization’s 50th anniversary received a rude shock when Malaysia dissociated itself from a statement on the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, issued by Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano.
Laos and Cambodia: The China Dance
BANGKOK – Laos and Cambodia are often seen as little more than political twins who have chosen to reap economic benefits from China in exchange for their loyalty to the Middle Kingdom – and choosing this alliance over keeping consensus with their ASEAN family.
ASEAN-China Ties: Ticking Time Bomb or ‘Asian’ World Order?
NINGBO, China - It is disturbingly obvious that the ASEAN states do not – and will not – possess the same enormous politico-economic clout that China has to be able to accommodate the West while at the same time strive to reshape a world order dominated by Western hegemony.
Asean hopes to salvage RCEP with recalibrated offers
Countries participating in a mammoth Asean-led regional free trade agreement are making a fresh pitch to salvage the deal with new proposals on the level of trade they are willing to liberalize.
Trade ministers finalizing RCEP outline
Regional trade ministers are finalizing the key elements of a mammoth free trade deal that the Philippines is working to substantially conclude this year.
