On August 22, our Business Intelligence Manager, Maxfield Brown, will host a webinar discussing Vietnam's free trade agreement network and how to leverage the country's rules of origin to reduce tariffs.

The changes will come into effect from April 1, 2019.

The inflation rate in Russia is currently running at about 2.7%.

The latest issue of ASEAN Briefing Magazine, titled "Setting Up in Indonesia", is out now and currently available to subscribers as a complimentary download in the Asia Briefing Publication Store.

The Greater Bay Area, which also includes Hong Kong amounts to 28% of all mainland China's GDP.

Global supply chain networks have been disrupted since the US-China Trade War began in January 2018, prompting several foreign investors to look for manufacturing alternatives.

Taxation affects almost all aspects of doing business in China.

The new issue of India Briefing magazine titled "The Goods and Services Tax in India" is out now and available as a complimentary download in the Asia Briefing Publication Store.

We hope this magazine will empower you to make an informed decision on where to base your operations in Vietnam.

Russia has been in discussions with the Governments of Israel, India, Iran, and Singapore about the possibility of establishing Joint Venture Free Trade Zones in their respective countries.

China's 2020 Lunar New Year holiday was extended by central and local governments to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

The reason for this is that manufacturing in China has, over the years, become progressively more expensive.

The adoption of automated technology – like robotics and artificial intelligence – in the industrial sector is well established.

China's Coronavirus outbreak has impacted businesses throughout ASEAN being able to obtain supply deliveries. There are a number of issues ASEAN businesses face with supplies from China at this present time:

Foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) in China will need to adhere to new digital reporting requirements, according to a set of recently released rules.

Shanghai's social insurance contribution base standards for the year 2019 were announced by the Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau on March 20, 2019.

GDP growth in the country is broad based, sustained by strong manufacturing growth and bolstered by a strong external demand.

Most factories in China were expected to start opening from February 10 – although there have been regional variations across the country, and may be subject to change.

Minimum wages across ASEAN countries are gradually increasing to match the rise in the cost of living

On November 14th, Corporate Accounting Services Senior Associate, Ishtaa Jain, will discuss the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on overseas transactions in India.