Documents
India Equalisation Levy
The Indian government has expanded the scope of its existing Equalisation Levy (EL), which was first imposed in 2016, to include an additional 2% levy on all “e-commerce supply or services (including facilitation) by an e-commerce operator.”
We believe that the expanded EL will: i) seriously and negatively impact Indian SMEs and consumers; ii) dampen India’s digital exports’ potential if/when other countries retaliate with a similar levy; and iii) blindside SMEs due to its broad and discretionary nature.
Digital Trade and the TPP: How Asia Pacific Benefits
This pamphlet compares the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to current trade agreements across the region and shows how the TPP is the most comprehensive trade agreement for Asia to date. It highlights the participating countries and provides the SME with a glimpse of the changes in the area of Digital Trade specific to current policy gaps and how TPP helps address these areas of ambiguity.
Implications of TPP for Processed Food
This booklet looks at the TPP and how it will effect the processed food industry.
Implications of TPP for Fresh and Frozen Food
This booklet looks at the TPP and how it will effect the fresh and frozen food industry.
Understanding TPP 11: Market Access for Goods
This booklet provides in detail the potential benefits for goods under the TPP11.
TPP 11 Is Coming: The Global Implications and how to prepare Your Business
This booklet contains a brief summary of the benefits and impacts of TPP11 and how they affect your business.
Ten Benefits of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
This booklet provides 10 key benefits of the CPTPP for business.
ABTA SME Summit Outcome Report 2018
The first SME Summit was organized in June 2018 in Singapore. The event received more than 700 registrations from SMEs across 28 countries. Below is the outcome report of the SME Summit.
ABTA Cybersecurity Framework for Asia
The Asia Business Trade Association (ABTA) recognizes that a sensible cybersecurity framework is needed to help ensure that global trade flows can continue to flourish in the 21st century. As the digital economy has grown rapidly around the world, so has the importance of digital trade.
ABTA Data Management Principles
The Asia Business Trade Association recognizes that companies should have in place appropriate data management principles to protect customer, company, employee and third party data. This is a quick guide as to the areas companies may want to address when it comes to Data Management Principles.
FTA Digital Trade Regulations Comparison
This Issue paper highlights digital trade provisions in seven different FTAs on 16 different dimensions of importance.
ASEAN Trade Repository
This database contains the standards that ASEAN has harmonized towards the existing relevant international standards, as mandated under the (ASEAN Trade In Goods Agreement) ATIGA.
Newsletters
January 2020
This Months Highlight
The ABTA and the UK Intellectual Property Office jointly organised a panel discussion that provided insightful tips for businesses who finds danger lurking in the digital space.
AMTC council member, Edmond Looi also shared his perspective on how businesses can defend themselves from cyber attacks at a network level and at user level.
March 2019
This Months Highlight
On March 8, the 11 TPP countries officially signed off the CPTPP in Chile. Following this signing, CPTPP members will work on domestic ratification of the deal. After six countries have completed the ratification, the CPTPP will go live.
Reports
06 Dec 2019: Report # 124
This Weeks Highlight
MALAYSIA SEEKS TO BOOST TRADE WITH JAPAN: Trade Minister Leiking was in Japan along with 60 Malaysian companies this week in a bid to boost trade and investment in such sectors as aerospace, automotive, infrastructure, machinery, medical devices, green technology and the Halal industry.
29 Nov 2019: Report # 123
This Weeks Highlight
ASEAN’S SUBTLE SWIPE AT TRADE WAR: ASEAN leaders used a joint communique from the ASEAN-Korea 30th Anniversary Summit in Busan this week to supporting the enhancement of trade and investment, narrowing the regional development gap and, in a trade war swipe, to resisting all forms of protectionism.
Video List
Welcome to the Digital Champions Program
A welcome and overview of the digital champions program from Dr Deborah Elms of the Asian Trade Foundation.
Digital Champions Trade Overview
Dr Deborah Elms from the Asian Trade Centre details the status of Asia with respect to the rest of the world in terms of current trade growth, attitudes to trade and trade agreements..
AMTC Community Projects
Implications of TPP for Processed Food
The Asia Pacific MSME Trade Coalition, Allied for Startups, Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), Australian Services Roundtable (ASR), and many more have joined with The Information Technology Industry Council to raise awareness to the potential dangers facing companies following India’s decision to adopt an Equalisation Levy on April 1st.