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2 months ago | 
thediplomat.com | James Guild
An agreement on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) was announced in early January, after several months of negotiations. The project encompasses a large part of the southern Malaysian state of Johor, and is intended to increase economic ties between Malaysia and Singapore, while also attracting investment into priority sectors like manufacturing, logistics, tourism, clean energy, and the digital economy.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
tribunecontentagency.com | James Guild
Indonesia and Apple are currently in a bit of a kerfuffle involving market access and investment. Essentially, Indonesian authorities are not allowing Apple to sell its latest product, the iPhone 16, in the country. The government has been fairly explicit about why they are doing this: they want Apple to invest more in local production in exchange for market access.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | James Guild
Why Indonesia is Blocking Apple From Selling the iPhone 16Middle powers with rapidly growing economies feel they have more bargaining power than they once did – and some are not afraid to use it. Indonesia …
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thediplomat.com | James Guild
Indonesia and Apple are currently in a bit of a kerfuffle involving market access and investment. Essentially, Indonesian authorities are not allowing Apple to sell its latest product, the iPhone 16, in the country. The government has been fairly explicit about why they are doing this: they want Apple to invest more in local production in exchange for market access.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
tribunecontentagency.com | James Guild
In a 2013 Working Paper, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) examined slumping foreign investment in Malaysia and concluded a potential barrier was the presence of government-linked corporations crowding out private business. These are companies where the government is the controlling shareholder, and they have historically occupied a very substantial role in the Malaysian economy.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thediplomat.com | James Guild
In a 2013 Working Paper, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) examined slumping foreign investment in Malaysia and concluded a potential barrier was the presence of government-linked corporations crowding out private business. These are companies where the government is the controlling shareholder, and they have historically occupied a very substantial role in the Malaysian economy.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
tribunecontentagency.com | James Guild
As one of his final acts before leaving office, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signed into law the national budget for 2025. This budget is worth scrutinizing in some depth because although it was developed and approved during the Jokowi administration, it will be implemented by his successor Prabowo Subianto and gives us our first glimpse into how fiscal policy will be carried out under the new president.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | James Guild
1 day agoChina, Pakistan fear this Indian mega war weapon, in high demand worldwide, It is…Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto is expected to sign a major deal for this lethal war weapon with India.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thediplomat.com | James Guild
As one of his final acts before leaving office, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signed into law the national budget for 2025. This budget is worth scrutinizing in some depth because although it was developed and approved during the Jokowi administration, it will be implemented by his successor Prabowo Subianto and gives us our first glimpse into how fiscal policy will be carried out under the new president.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
thediplomat.com | James Guild
2024 was an eventful year in ASEAN. Clean energy had its ups and downs across the region, tourism and travel continued their slow recovery toward pre-pandemic levels, and countries like Thailand pushed ahead with big fiscal spending packages. Nevertheless, if we look back on 2024 and try to pinpoint the most noteworthy developments it really comes down to one story: protectionism and economic nationalism are on the rise, and it doesn’t seem like they are going away anytime soon.
