Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 18 July 2026, delivered remarks at the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, held on the sidelines of 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China. Dr. Kao was joined by heads of government, international organisations, industry, and academia in discussions on the future of ...
Lecture by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Annual Meeting of the Federation of Italian Cooperative Credit Banks (Federcasse)Rome, 17 July 2026Long ago, Aristotle himself noted[1] how money played an essential role in society as an instrument that made it possible to establish a relationship between all things and make them...
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 17 July 2026, attended the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), in Shanghai, China.WAIC is a strategic platform to exchange perspectives on AI innovation, governance, and digital transformation, while exploring how emerging technologies can drive sustainable developm...
On the sidelines of his participation in the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), in Shanghai, China, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 17 July 2026, met with Mr. Zhou Wei, Vice President of Huawei, at the Huawei Lianqiu Lake R&D Center. The meeting provided the opportunity to explore strategic cooperation with ASEAN in ...
On July 16, 2026, the New Development Bank (NDB) priced a USD 1.75 billion 3-year benchmark bond, issued in the international capital markets under the Bank’s USD 50 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) Programme. The bond was priced at SOFR plus 39 basis points, with a coupon of 4.375%.The issuance received robust demand from a broad range of investors, ...
AbstractAs finance is being reshaped by a range of technological, regulatory and market developments, AI and open data-sharing are two particularly influential trends. However, dynamics of their intersection remain relatively understudied. This paper examines the interplay of AI innovation with data-sharing environments, highlighting mutually reinforcing b...
APEC Digital WeekDate: 16-29 July 2026Location: Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaDigital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), are rapidly reshaping how we work, how businesses compete and how our economies trade and grow. Against this backdrop, ministers, policymakers, experts and businesses from across the Asia-Pacific are coming toget...
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today delivered the keynote speech at the 2026 ASEAN-ROK Regional Connectivity Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia. In his keynote speech, Dr. Kao highlighted that the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and the ASEAN Connectivity Strategic Plan must now be translated into concrete projects and commitments that not only stren...
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) principle is one of the cornerstones of the multilateral trading system founded by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and embodied by the WTO. It is often described simply as a non-discrimination rule, requiring that any tariff granted to one trading partner be extended to all WTO members. But its economic sign...
The São Paulo Round Protocol of the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP) is one ratification away from entering into force, marking a major milestone for South–South trade cooperation after almost two decades of negotiations and preparations.UNCTAD estimates that implementation could generate welfare gains of up to $14 bil...
