{"id":128516,"date":"2017-11-05T05:53:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T10:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=128516"},"modified":"2017-11-05T05:53:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T10:53:35","slug":"asean-to-further-enhance-trade-investment-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/05\/asean-to-further-enhance-trade-investment-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEAN to further enhance trade, investment cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_118841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118841\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/216942_10150323590358854_3821042_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118841\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/216942_10150323590358854_3821042_n.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: (PHOTO: ASEANA\/FACEBOOK)\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/216942_10150323590358854_3821042_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/216942_10150323590358854_3821042_n-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: (PHOTO: ASEANA\/FACEBOOK)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 The Philippines foresees greater opportunities to expand trade and investment within Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, as it hosts the region\u2019s biggest business and state leaders event next week.<\/p>\n<p>George Barcelon, ASEAN Business Advisory Council (BAC) member, said the intra-ASEAN trade currently is about 25 to 26 percent, while intra-trade among European nations is almost 60 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more collaboration we made among the ASEAN, the more ASEAN trade and commerce that we can encourage,\u201d he said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelon noted the ASEAN has a population of 650 million, thus creates huge investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN BAC Chairman and Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Conception cited logistics as one area with high potential for investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe digital economy cannot take place when you have logistics lagging behind. There are a lot of investments coming in logistics (sector),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think connectivity is part of market. You can\u2019t really enhance the market when you do not have the right connectivity, whether its airport or road,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, this year\u2019s ASEAN Business &amp; Investment Summit (ABIS) is slated on November 13 to 14 at the Solaire Grand Ballroom in Para\u00f1aque City.<\/p>\n<p>With the theme \u201cWorld Leaders\u2019 Roadmap Towards Prosperity for All,\u201d the event is expected to draw over 1,700 guests representing top-level executives from diverse sectors; distinguished thought leaders; champions and leaders from across the region coming from the government, business, the academe, and research entities; and entrepreneurship mentors and enablers.<\/p>\n<p>The event shall cover various topics, including the ASEAN Build, Build, Build &#8212; Infrastructure Development: A Perspective (Building for the Future). This forum aims to facilitate discussions on current and upcoming initiatives of the public and private sector in strengthening infrastructure development across ASEAN.\u00a0<strong><em>(PNA)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 The Philippines foresees greater opportunities to expand trade and investment within Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":118841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[595,31253,31254],"class_list":["post-128516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-asean","tag-enhance-trade","tag-investment-cooperation","mauthors-leslie-gatpolintan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}