SINGAPORE: To build resilience for future economic shocks, countries in the region should have common criteria on travel and trade restrictions, ...
"Many of us also export goods and agricultural products overseas. Closing our borders completely would therefore only deprive us all of goods and products that we can produce together, hurting our economies and worsening unemployment," he said.Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
this year and should also continue pursuing the Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement with the European Union. "Dealing with the immediate crises, while not losing sight of the longer-term objectives is the best way to enable our economies to survive this crisis, and to bounce back after COVID-19 passes," he said.At the summit, leaders of the ASEAN nations shared information about their states’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and discussed ways in which ASEAN could strengthen cooperation on COVID-19, Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information said in a media release.
Mr Lee said that it was critical for ASEAN to mount a united response, because of how connected and interdependent the countries are. Four of the world’s 10 busiest air routes are between ASEAN member states and it has the world’s busiest land crossing - the Causeway between Johor Bahru and Singapore.By sharing information and keeping each other updated on the situations in each member state, the countries may learn from each other as well as co-operate on issues such as the repatriation of citizens from other countries back home, he added.
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