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he agreement aims to reduce tariff rates to an acceptable level and boost the exchange of goods and services within the member states. Had India decided to join the deal, RCEP would have become the world's largest free trade area

AS uncertainty over Brexit spills into its fourth year, Swiftool Precision Engineering has taken a tough investment decision: it will press ahead with a plan to spend £250,000 (RM1.3mil) on a 3D printer but a new workshop roof will have to wait.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will reset the geopolitical landscape. And India finds itself on the outside of a core piece of the regional architecture, the ASEAN.

Concerns about supply shortfalls and higher export scenario sentiment saw Malaysia’s crude palm oil (CPO) continue its uptrend mode after recording its first major recovery in October, surpassing the 2018 level for the first time.

Indonesia is keeping the export tax for crude palm oil (CPO) at zero and for cocoa beans at 5% for November, the trade ministry said in a statement late on Friday

The Primary Industries Ministry is identifying new potential markets for palm oil in Africa, home to 1.2 billion people, as some countries in the continent boast rapid economic growth, according to its minister Teresa Kok.

GUANGZHOU/SHANGHAI (Nov 7): Total palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia is expected be flat next year, due to dry weather and low fertiliser application in the world's top two producers of the vegetable oil, according to industry analyst Dorab Mistry.

SANDAKAN: Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture (FSA), Universiti Malaysia Sabah has successfully organised its first Felda Global Ventures (FGV) Chair Lecture Series Tuesday.

Palm oil futures dropped on Thursday, giving up some of the previous session's gains as traders took profit while waiting for new leads.

BANGKOK: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) concluded its 17th Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT17) and 16th Annual General Assembly (GA16), where members made a bold commitment to supporting greater inclusion of smallholders into the sustainable palm oil supply chain, through the adoption of the RSPO Independent Smallholder (ISH) Standard.

HARBIN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have set a new record in soybean yield, according to the Jiamusi Branch of the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

SYDNEY, Nov 8 (Reuters) - U.S. soybeans edged lower on Friday, with the oilseed poised to drop this week, on concerns that China and the United States have not been able to seal an agreement to end their trade dispute.