PM on how to track removal of Asean trade barriers


ASEAN plans to implement a scorecard to monitor each member’s efforts to reduce trade barriers which have increased significantly and are hampering efforts to integrate the 10 economies.

Malaysia has voiced its concerns that non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and non-tariff measures (NTMs) jumped significantly between 2000 and 2015.

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