Timor-Leste bids for ASEAN membership
As Timor-Leste manoeuvres obstacles to ASEAN membership, we consider what the expected benefits of being ASEAN’s newest member will be, and whether these may come with potential costs....
Harmonized System: A Comprehensive Guide for Customs Brokers and Businesses in Timor-Leste.
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System of Tariff Nomenclature, generally referred to as the Harmonized System (HS) is an international nomenclature defined by the World Customs Organization...
List of goods that may require some level of regulatory control by the Direcção National da Farmacia e Medicamentos
Below is a list of goods that may require some level of regulatory control by the Direcção National da Farmacia e Medicamentos. Regulatory requirements sometimes change at short notice, so you should always...
High-level panel calls for integration of fragile states into the global economy
A high-level panel at this year’s Public Forum examined the link between peace and trade, focusing on the opportunities and challenges that conflict-affected states face in developing their capacities to trade...
IMF Staff Completes 2017 Article IV Consultation Mission to Timor-Leste
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not...
Damen Launches RoPax 6716 for the Port Authority of Timor-Leste
On 10th May Damen Yichang Shipyard launched a RoPax 6716 into the water. The vessel will be operated by the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL). It will operate between Timor-Leste’s capital Dili, the...
Cambodia, Timor-Leste to boost economic cooperation
Because trade between Cambodia and Timor-Leste remains low, the governments of both nations have decided to work towards boosting bilateral economic and business activities, according to a statement from the...
Timor Leste kicks off process to join WTO
Impoverished Southeast Asian country East Timor on Friday kicked off official accession talks to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Geneva-based body said Friday....
Timor imports up 27%, Cambodian rice sale pending
East Timor imported $597 million worth of goods last year, soaring 27 per cent from $470 million in 2018, reported Portugal’s Lusa News Agency, citing data from the Ministry of Finance....
Four key priorities for revisiting LDC vulnerabilities
Despite commendable progress implementing the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPOA) for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), structural vulnerabilities in LDCs continue to exist and warrant urgent attention. Many...
Timor-Leste and northern Australia: opportunities for mutual benefit
Dili is a mere 55-minute flight from Darwin. The proximity creates a natural partnership between northern Australia and Timor-Leste that brings benefits to both countries and contributes to greater regional...
ZPMC selected by Bolloré Ports to supply six gantries for the deep-water port of Timor-Leste
Following a tender procedure, Timor Port S.A., a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports has awarded ZPMC with the contract on the supply of two STS dockside gantries and four RTG yard gantries, which will equip the Tibar...
Global trade rebound suggests some lessons of COVID-19 are being learned
In April 2020, global markets were in freefall. Governments around the world were debating whether to impose drastic new protectionist measures, and global trade appeared on the way to its steepest decline...
6 takeaways from WTO’s Aid-for-Trade Stocktaking Event for least developed countries
Trade has a critical role to play in rebuilding developing and least developed countries’ economies, alleviating rising poverty and creating a greener, more inclusive future for all. This was a unifying theme...
On monitoring trade results in the least developed countries
Monitoring, evaluating and learning, or MEL, is the bedrock of a results-driven and adaptive programme. For trade development work, there are specific considerations and complexities. Add to that the capacity...
Digital trade integral to East Asia’s recovery and dynamism
For decades, trade hovered confidently over the Asia Pacific region as its vital growth engine. As average tariffs fell from 17 per cent in 1989 to 5.3 per cent in 2018, regional trade multiplied — faster than...
Timor Leste and ASEAN: Understanding the Relationship and Preparing for Investment
Having established foreign missions in the 10 other Southeast Asian countries, it seems increasingly likely that the small nation of Timor Leste will become the eleventh member of the 625 million, $2.8...
Timor-Leste’s critical window on ASEAN
Should Timor-Leste not become the 11th ASEAN member by the end of 2017, momentum may be lost and ascension indefinitely delayed....
Managing digital trade in Asia
For years, digitally enabled trade has grown without significant regulatory oversight. Firms started by delivering goods ordered online and then figured out ways to provide a wide range of services over the...
What will it take to admit Timor-Leste into Asean?
If some Asean member states remain resistant to accepting Timor-Leste in its fold, then the regional grouping owes an explanation to the young nation, Khoo Ying Hooi writes....
Cambodia reiterates support for Timor-Leste as Asean membe
Cambodia has reiterated that it strongly supports Timor-Leste to become the 11th Asean member, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen....
Timor-Leste: refining agreements in the Greater Sunrise
Timor-Leste’s sees a purchase of US energy group ConocoPhilips’s stake in Greater Sunrise as a “seat at the table”....
Indonesia curbs flight services to and imports from Timor Leste
Indonesia has temporarily restricted its flight services to Timor Leste and imports from that country since Friday to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the Indonesian...
Timor-Leste ‘determined to join ASEAN’
Cambodia’s ascendance into ASEAN in 1999 coincides with Timor-Leste’s referendum for self-determination the very same year and now the island nation is determined to become a fully-fledged member of the bloc...
Managing the COVID-19 Outbreak in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste acted rapidly on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with a two-pronged approach. First, it put in place a system of health controls to keep the disease at bay, and second, it made good use...
Timor-Leste: 2021 economic survey
In 2002, Timor-Leste emerged from centuries of autocratic foreign rule and violent Indonesian occupation. Its people have created a peaceful society and democratic government under the rule of law....
In Timor-Leste, a big set of challenges
Two decades after gaining independence, Timor-Leste needs a long-term strategy for sustainable economic development....
Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 Response: A Global Perspective
The country of East Timor, or Timor-Leste, is a success story in the global fight against COVID-19. As of February 20, Timor-Leste has only 103 confirmed cases, and is one of the few countries to not report a...
Can Asia reinvent global trade?
Let’s not believe our own propaganda. Asia reinventing global trade is a superficially attractive but problematic proposition. It assumes there once was a free international economy open to reinvention....