ASEAN TRADE IN SERVICES AGREEMENTAsean Trade in Services Agreement • December 2nd, 2020
The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), hereinafter collectively referred to as “Member States” or singularly as “Member State”;
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: THE ASEAN TRADE IN SERVICES AGREEMENTAsean Trade in Services Agreement • October 26th, 2021
The ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (“ATISA”) embodies the collective aspiration of member states to proliferate intra-regional services trade (worth an estimated USD844.6 billion as of 2019)[1] by overhauling a regime previously built upon the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (“AFAS”).[2] ATISA was signed at the 25th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat on 23 April 2019,[3] with Singapore becoming the first member state to ratify it on 5 April 2021.[4] Although ATISA remains in the process of ratification,[5] it nevertheless marks a significant milestone in the integration of the Southeast Asian economies as it adopts a negative list approach, imposes substantive liberalisation obligations and brings greater transparency to spur the intra-ASEAN trade in services.[6]
ASEAN TRADE IN SERVICES AGREEMENT (ATISA)Asean Trade in Services Agreement • September 8th, 2021
The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, Laos People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, The Republic of the Philippines, The Republic of Singapore, The Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN), hereinafter collectively referred to as “Member States” or singularly as “Member State”;
