During the 16th session of ministerial consultations on trade, which took place in Singapore on Friday 2 March, the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN – Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) agreed to continue their work towards establishing a framework governing the parameters of a bi-regional free trade agreement.
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and her Asian counterparts asked their...