04/09/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 4 September, the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) welcomed the closer trade cooperation between Hong Kong and the ASEAN countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam – that will result from the bilateral free-trade agreement that is expected to be signed in November of this year. The agreement, for which the ESC has lobbied strongly through its network in Asia, will mean...