PBEC Appoints Anthony Chan as Vice Chair
PBEC Appoints Anthony Chan as Vice Chair The Pacific Basin Economic Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony Chan as Vice Chair, effective from the November 2025 Annual General Meeting. Anthony is Chief Executive Officer of Isola Capital...
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Data Rules Risk Making China ‘Digital Island,’ Companies Say
April 21, 2022 Business group says unclear rules pose challenges to companies Xi Jinping’s government rolling out a host of major data laws China’s “uniquely restrictive” data laws risk boosting U.S. firms’ cost of doing business in the No. 2...
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APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules Go Global
On April 21, 2022, the United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Chinese Taipei published a declaration (the “Declaration”) establishing the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum (the “Global CBPR Forum”). The Global CBPR Forum will...
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Indonesia’s B20 Task-Force Pushes Forward Priority Issues At Inception Meeting
Jakarta, February, 2022 The Indonesian B20 Task Force has held the first meeting in the series of B20 Indonesia Presidency 2022, where a number of crucial issues such as eliminating digital inequality, sharing green economy financing, and fighting global cybercrime...
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“We will not sit and wait idly while the planet burns”
We speak with the Philippines’ secretary of finance about the importance of sustainable finance and some long-term lessons from the pandemic An interview with: Carlos G Dominguez III Finance Secretary of the Philippines Heavy monsoon rain linked to Typhoon In-fa...
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The Philippines’ fiscal response to COVID-19
We speak with the Philippines’ secretary of finance about how the country withstood the impacts of the pandemic and continues to remain competitive An interview with: Carlos G Dominguez III Finance Secretary of the Philippines Carlos G Dominguez III, the...
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Episode 10: What Aboitiz in the Philippines? – A dialogue with Luis Miguel Aboitiz, Director of Aboitiz Power Corp (Stock Code: ABZPY)
Description: This month we catch up with PBEC Board Member Luis Miguel Aboitiz who previously served as a Director of Unionbank and as Executive Vice President – Chief Strategy Officer of Aboitiz Group, before his retirement on April 30,...
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Omicron Threatens to Derail Cambodia’s ASEAN Agenda
Zoom conferencing won’t work if the Southeast Asian bloc is to tackle the big issues by Luke Hunt The rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across Southeast Asia is threatening to derail Cambodia’s ambitious agenda as this year’s...
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IFC, LeapFrog Investments and DEG Invest in Vietnam’s HDBank to Help Accelerate Economic Recovery, Expand Lending to Smaller Businesses, and Boost Resiliency of the Banking Sector
Investment will increase access to credit, with specific focus on women entrepreneurs As Vietnam accelerates economic recovery amid COVID-19, IFC, LeapFrog Investments, and DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft have invested $165 million in convertible Tier 2 bonds issued by...
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Now is the time to think big on customs reform
“Customs has a key role in making trade seamless, safe and secure,” stated WTO Deputy Director-General Anabel González at a 20 January hearing of the European Union’s Wise Persons Group on Challenges Facing the Customs Union. DDG González observed that...
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Here’s why experts say the crypto market will be just fine despite a possible Russian ban on everything from mining to trading
When the central bank of Russia proposed a sweeping ban Thursday on crypto activity, digital assets barely skipped a beat. Bitcoin even rose around 5% at one point during New York trading hours. "There are bigger concerns right now in...
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