AEC BAD FOR THAI FARMERS‚ WORKERS: NGOS Poor farmers and unskilled labourers would feel a negative impact and no benefits from the 2015 launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC)‚ a forum of non-governmental organisations said yesterday. Thailand was set to open its borders to almost all farming products from Asean members‚ meaning its major products such as rice would no longer be competitive‚ said Witoon Lianchamroon‚ director of BioThai. Thailand’s standing as a regional powerhouse in
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Introduction International business is commercial transactions involve private company or government between two or more countries‚ regions and nations outside their political boundary. Business activity being take place such as goods‚ services‚ resources‚ capital‚ skills‚ people and etc. Usual company trade for profits and mostly refers to all those business activities which involves cross border transactions of goods‚ services and resources. International manufacturing refers to physical goods
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The Palarong Pambansa (dubbed "National Games") is an annual multi-sporting event involving student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippinesorganized and governed by the Department of Education or DepEd. Student-athletes from private and non-private schools from elementary and secondary levels are legitimately can joined the national event as long as they are qualified and they are regional champions. Started in 1948‚ the Palarong Pambansa Program is an annual multi-level national scholastic
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A. Do you expect further enlargement of NAFTA‚ ASEAN‚ and the EU? Why? Yes‚ I expect further enlargement of all three organizations because of the positive effects they have had. NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement. It is a signed agreement by the governments of the US‚ Canada and Mexico creating a trade agreement in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1‚ 1994 and its goal was to eliminate the barriers of trade and investment between the USA‚ Canada and Mexico
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currency union in Asia since the countries of the European Union (EU) decided to introduce a single currency for Europe. Most of the studies have been to identify the relationships between the existing economic integrations as NAFTA and EU and the ASEAN. The objective of this paper is to summarize proposed future evolution of Asian currency arrangements and examine it theoretically and empirically from a broad perspective. I believe that this kind of study will be indispensable for enhancing current
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Changing Trends of Tourism Industry in DubaiPresentation Transcript * 1. Changing Trends ofDubai Tourism Industry Pooja Kalloor Swapna Malekar * 2. Objective Dubai Tourism Ecosystem Perception of Dubai amongst Tourists Understand different types of Tourism - Business‚ Retail and others Challenges of Dubai as a Tourist destination * 3. Destination Dubai Safe Compact Connectivity Affordable Luxury Special Events Cruises * 4. Key Performance Indicators WEF’s T&T Competitiveness Report
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-------------- ASEAN ENGINEERING JOURNAL Supported by JICA Project for AUN/SEED-Net Call for Papers (March 2013 Issue) BACKGROUND As a platform for ASEAN Engineering scholars to publish their research papers‚ ASEAN Engineering Journal (ASEAN E.J.) supported by AUN/SEED-Net is established to fulfill the goal to strengthen the network and Engineering Education in the region. The Journal is designed to be the collection of new and innovative knowledge emerged from ASEAN and functions as a
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integration arrangements of China. It firstly introduces the regional economic integration status quo of China. Then it analyzes the political factors behind the regional economic integration arrangements of China by studying the case of CAFTA (China-ASEAN Free Trade Area). Following this‚ it further explains how these arrangements have impact on the economic growth of China through trade‚ FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) and finance. At last‚ it analyzes the existing obstacles and challenges facing these
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* Deterrence Singapore’s deterrence policy is based on being prepared for any form of threats while developing diplomatic relationships with as many countries as possible. Deterrence refers to the measures to prevent and protect a country from various threats such as other countries and terrorists. Deterrence is necessary to protect a country and to give people a sense of security. * 7. Means of deterrence: Military Defence Citizen armed force: Singapore cannot afford a large professional army
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human activities‚ especially the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide gas. In recent years‚ extreme heat waves caused more than 20000 deaths in Europe. Also‚ melting icebergs and rising sea levels are observed. Global warming is a crucial problem in the world‚ it may lead to disastrous consequences such as extinction of animals‚ economic damage and reduced food security if not tackled properly. Global warming can be tackled successfully with the cooperation of all parties. There are
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