Our Association’s Chairman, Mr. Tomás González, and our Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Viñal, met this morning with the Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of Laos, Mr. Morakot Vongxay. In the course of this meeting they agreed to explore possibilities for collaboration between the Embassy and our Association.
At our Association’s headquarters, H.E. Akmal Bin Che Mustafa, Ambassador of Malaysia to Spain and current President of the Asean Group in Madrid, delivered this morning a speech to our partners and guests. He explained the characteristics of Asean as an Intergovernmental Organization of Southeast Asian States and the Asean Economic Community as a forum for regional integration, aiming to become the fourth largest economy in the world by 2050.
Today, January 7, 2020, in our Association’s headquarters, took place a Talk-Colloquium about “CULTURE AND PROTOCOL IN THE WAY OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE ASEAN”, with the participation of Mr. Carlos Gastón, representative of BBVA in South-East Asia for more than twenty years.
The Talk focused on the Asean countries’ specific features that all companies should take into account when doing business in these countries, as well as on the business opportunities the latter offer to Spanish companies throughout this year.
Today, December 12, in our Association’s headquarters, we held a business meeting on “INCOTERMS 2020”, given by Mr. Cesar Jiménez, of Kerry Logistics.
The presentation focused on the different types of Incoterms, the main differences between the Incoterms 2010 and the new Incoterms 2020 and, finally, on how importers, exporters, logistic companies and custom companies will be affected by the latter.
On Thursday 21, November the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Singapore will entry into force.
Today, there was a meeting between ASEMPEA and the Spanish Fintech and Insurtech Association (AEFI), represented, the former, by Mr. Antonio Viñal and Ms. Sara Boffo, the latter, by Ms. Leyre Celdrán, in order to explore possibilities for collaboration between the Associations.