We would like to wish our members, friends and connections from Denmark a Happy Constitution Day!

Grundlovsdag!

The European Union (EU) is open for engagement to address issues raised by the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) on the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which is allegedly unjust and detrimental to free and fair trade.

Describing the first-ever higher-level meetings with the EU as a step forward, Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said continuous engagement in the coming months is crucial to safeguard the industry’s interest, especially for smallholders in Malaysia and Indonesia.

“Overall, I am satisfied as the majority of the EU’s top leaders that we met today agreed with our views with regard to issues on complying with the EUDR," Fadillah told Malaysian media after a meeting with five of the EU’s leaders on Wednesday (May 31).

Fadillah, who is also the plantation and commodities minister, is currently in Brussels, Belgium to represent Malaysia in a joint mission with Indonesia in response to the implementation of the EUDR announced by the EU on Dec 6, 2022, which is aimed at preventing deforestation due to agricultural activities.

We would like to wish all our Italian members, friends and connections a happy Italian Republic Day!

Buona Festa della Repubblica!

EUROCHAM Malaysia held a fruitful courtesy call with the Deputy Minister of Finance II, YB Steven Sim. The courtesy call was attended by H.E. Michalis Rokas, EU Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation, Oliver Roche, Chairman of EUROCHAM Malaysia, Sven Schneider, CEO of EUROCHAM Malaysia, Pearl Lai, EUROCHAM Board of Directors and representative of DanCham Malaysia, Donal Crotty, President of the Irish Chamber of Commerce Malaysia and Marco Winter, Executive Director of the Malaysian Dutch Business Council.

During the meeting, there were several key discussions surrounding the current stance on the EU-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement, taxation, and customs. EUROCHAM Malaysia was interested to seek a better understanding of MOF’s current position regarding the topics mentioned as it is important in promoting economic cooperation and enhancing trade relations between Europe and Malaysia.

EUROCHAM Malaysia conducted the first merged Education and Human Resources sector committee meeting that was held last week. The two sectors had decided to merge the two committees due to many overlapping issues and effective working groups can be established to address specific topics or arising issues in the future.

In attendance were Mr Sven Schneider, CEO of EUROCHAM Malaysia, Dr Jenny J. Westin, Head of Sector Committee, Mr Andrew Chong, Deputy Head of Sector Committee and the EUROCHAM Malaysia team

💡𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 & 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬

On behalf of the South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk, we would like to extend an invitation to the upcoming Live Webinar: Doing business in Malaysia & How to protect Intellectual Property Rights.

To catch a glimpse of what EU companies should be aware while doing business in Malaysia & How to protect their business from the overwhelming amounts of counterfeit products online, join us for this live session.