EU-Asean relations

Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Partners for a resilient future

Both regions need to work together for their stability, prosperity and sustainability

The EU’s trade pivot gives Asean another lever in balancing relations with China and the US. But the leverage only exists if Asean businesses can deliver on the higher standards that Europe now requires.
PERSPECTIVE

Asean’s next big test: Winning from accelerated EU trade deals

If the 10-nation bloc’s corporates move quickly, the region could see a wave of new European investment and establish a stronger foothold in global supply chains

View of the Jakarta International Container Terminal. The EU is Indonesia’s fifth-biggest trade partner, with bilateral trade amounting to around US$30.1 billion last year.
THE BOTTOM LINE

EU’s Asean pivot accelerates with landmark Indonesia trade deal

After 19 rounds of negotiations over nine years, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement marks the European Union’s latest significant pact in the region

The majority of business sentiment survey respondents view Asean as the region with the best economic opportunities, far outpacing India and China. Its attraction is not hard to understand. 

How Asean can rewrite the global supply chain map

Get the integration piece right, and the bloc can cement itself as the resilient, diversified alternative to China-centric supply chains

France's Emmanuel Macron shaking hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Luong Cuong. Macron's trip is the first visit by a French president to Vietnam in about a decade.

Macron’s Asean trip showcases EU’s Asia pivot

His visit to Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore, which follows previous trips to the region by other European leaders, including the Spanish prime minister in April

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Europe needs friends and allies in a world of ever-increasing geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions.

Why Asean should matter to the European Commission

NOVEMBER is an important month in global politics. There was, of course, the not-small matter of the US elections, the result of which will, no doubt, have a major impact on geopolitics and the global...

DPM Heng says Asean and the EU share the belief that “connectivity and integration are enablers of growth and development".

Discussion on EU-Asean FTA has shifted towards cooperation in specific areas: DPM Heng

He invites the EU to tap Singapore as a testbed for breakthroughs in Asean

Chris Humphrey, executive director of the EU-ABC, expects more region-to-region initiatives between the EU and Asean, with an EU-Asean digital trade agreement in the pipeline.

Digital trade co-operation may be building block for elusive EU-Asean free-trade pact

While region-to-region partnership remains a long-term goal, a digital trade agreement may be a realistic near-term one, says business council official

As the first country in Asean to forge a trade deal with the European Union and, more notably, the first to be negotiating a digital trade agreement with the bloc, Singapore shines as a beacon of success in EU-Asean relations.

Strengthening interaction: Singapore’s role in EU-Asean ties

SINGAPORE is Europe’s gateway to South-east Asia, not merely by geographical location but through deliberate, visionary strategies that position the city-state as a critical hub for international trad...

This will be European Union Ambassador to Singapore Iwona Piorko's third Chinese New Year here.
CHINESE NEW YEAR

Foreign relations: An ambassador’s CNY 

The EU ambassador to Singapore shares her enthusiasm for the festive season