This guy started spewing languages we cannot understand and irrelevant to us. Spewing bullshit again.
Asean must strengthen centrality and integration efforts to manage challenges: Chan Chun Sing
SINGAPORE - Asean must maintain and strengthen its centrality, and redouble integration efforts to be a viable and attractive economic partner, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Thursday (Aug 29).
Coherence, commitment, confidence and consistency are key ingredients to achieving Asean centrality, he said in his opening remarks at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs' (SIIA) 12th Asean and Asia Forum at the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
Addressing the forum's theme of "The Sino-American Conflict and Asean: Surviving, Transforming, Succeeding", Mr Chan said that despite geopolitical volatility and global fragmentation, it was important for Asean member countries to resist populist policies and pressures.
He cited non-tariff barriers as one example of a complex issue requiring political will to tackle. These had tripled in the region over the last 15 years and could potentially erode gains from tariff elimination.
"To unlock the region's potential and allow the smallest enterprises to overcome geographical constraints, countries will need to deepen the non-tangible aspects of connectivity - data, finance, technology, talent and regulations," he said. "These are becoming as, or if not more, important than the physical aspects of connectivity."
He also spoke of the need to align standards and regulations in areas such as food, medicine and intellectual property, to enhance Asean members' value proposition and competitiveness in a knowledge-based world.
Reiterating the value of an open and rules-based multilateral trading system, Mr Chan said that Asean was leading the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.
Asean must strengthen centrality and integration efforts to manage challenges: Chan Chun Sing
SINGAPORE - Asean must maintain and strengthen its centrality, and redouble integration efforts to be a viable and attractive economic partner, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Thursday (Aug 29).
Coherence, commitment, confidence and consistency are key ingredients to achieving Asean centrality, he said in his opening remarks at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs' (SIIA) 12th Asean and Asia Forum at the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
Addressing the forum's theme of "The Sino-American Conflict and Asean: Surviving, Transforming, Succeeding", Mr Chan said that despite geopolitical volatility and global fragmentation, it was important for Asean member countries to resist populist policies and pressures.
He cited non-tariff barriers as one example of a complex issue requiring political will to tackle. These had tripled in the region over the last 15 years and could potentially erode gains from tariff elimination.
"To unlock the region's potential and allow the smallest enterprises to overcome geographical constraints, countries will need to deepen the non-tangible aspects of connectivity - data, finance, technology, talent and regulations," he said. "These are becoming as, or if not more, important than the physical aspects of connectivity."
He also spoke of the need to align standards and regulations in areas such as food, medicine and intellectual property, to enhance Asean members' value proposition and competitiveness in a knowledge-based world.
Reiterating the value of an open and rules-based multilateral trading system, Mr Chan said that Asean was leading the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.
