| Weekly business and foreign investment news roundup in Asia by Asia Briefing and Dezan Shira & Associates (An Ascentium Company). |
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| | India is attracting investment across six fast-developing sectors: space, semiconductors, data centres, electronics, solar manufacturing, and aerospace. We examine the demand, policy, localisation, and supply chain trends shaping where new commercial opportunities are emerging. | | | | BIS standards are giving data centre operators a common framework for measuring power, water, carbon, and cooling performance. We explain how these voluntary metrics can support benchmarking, resource efficiency, sustainability reporting, and future infrastructure planning. | | | | India and MERCOSUR have agreed to recognise electronic Certificates of Origin under their existing preferential trade agreement (PTA), potentially reducing paperwork and customs-processing friction once the protocol takes effect. Separate negotiations to expand the PTA could also create broader market access opportunities for exporters and importers. | | | | Proposed amendments would make independent director compliance a more continuous governance exercise, with wider cooling-off restrictions and closer scrutiny of employment, professional relationships, group-company links, and tenure. Companies should assess how their appointment and monitoring processes may need to change. | | | | The New Delhi Declaration advances cooperation on trade, investment, MSME finance, customs, technology, supply chains, and critical minerals. We examine which initiatives have practical relevance for companies today and which remain longer-term areas of BRICS cooperation. | | |
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COMPLIMENTARY BUSINESS RESOURCES: |  | | | | The issue offers practical insights into exporting to India, working with distributors, leveraging FTAs for market access, and transitioning to a local presence as operations expand. | | | | This issue explains how India’s labor codes, state-level minimum wage rules, employment models, contractor risks, payroll TDS obligations, and the Income-tax Act, 2025 affect workforce planning, compensation structuring, HR administration, and employee exits. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS FOR ASIA: | | Seminar | Thursday, September 17 (GMT+7), 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM | The Sentry C, 15 Le Thanh Ton street, D1, HCMC | | | | Seminar | Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 4:00 PM, 16/F, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong | | | | Webinar | Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 3:00pm - 5:00 pm, Sunwah Innovation Center | 6th Floor, Golden House, 90 Nguyen Huu Canh St, Thanh My Tay Ward, HCMC, Vietnam | | |
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