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- ‘Gold is more stable’: Malaysia needles US with proposal for pan-Asian bullion-backed currency
Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad has floated the idea of creating a gold-backed common trading currency for all of East Asia, slamming regional currency exchange as “manipulative” and criticizing the US’s heavy-handed foreign policy.May 31, 2019 03:40Business News - Killing the dollar softly: China lobbies ASEAN on yuan use to expand economic influenceThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its East Asian partners consider adding Chinese and Japanese currencies to their $240 billion currency swap safety net, business journal Nikkei Asian Review reported.Apr 26, 2019 10:35Business News
- Russia and Singapore ink $1bn worth of investment deals at ASEAN SummitRussia’s sovereign wealth fund has signed agreements with companies from Singapore on investment projects in Russia totaling more than $1 billion. The contracts were sealed at the Russia-ASEAN Summit in Singapore.Nov 14, 2018 12:43Business News
- Russian FM Lavrov could meet US counterpart Pompeo in Singapore - Foreign MinistryRussia is exploring the possibility of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meeting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Singapore later this week.Aug 1, 2018 08:44World News
- Duterte sings at ASEAN gala dinner ‘upon Trump’s orders’ (VIDEO)The Philippines president surprised his guests at an ASEAN summit gala dinner when he broke out in song, which Rodrigo Duterte joked he sang “upon the orders of the commander in chief of the United States.”Nov 13, 2017 02:47World News
- N. Korean nuclear aspirations may be aided by its diplomats, ASEAN should crack down – USUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has pressed Southeast Asian states to prevent North Korea’s embassies from pursuing alleged commercial activities that go beyond “diplomatic needs” and may aid its “nuclear aspirations.”May 5, 2017 16:24World News
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