Xie Taojun, Liu Jingting and Tan Kway Guan

Defa provides an opportunity to improve upon existing Asean initiatives in digital trade facilitation, digital payments and data regulations.

Further steps for Asean’s digital economic integration

ON SEP 3, negotiations on the Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement (Defa) were launched. First envisioned in 2021, the agreement aims to...