NAYPYITAW: Economic ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and US Trade Representative Michael Froman shared optimism on small and medium-sized enterprises in benefiting from deeper economic cooperation between the two regions.

The two sides, in a joint statement issued after talks in Naypyitaw, said they hope a Asean-US Business Summit held in Myanmar’s administrative capital “would further enhance the capability of SMEs to participate in the global supply chain and reap the benefits of deeper economic cooperation between Asean and the U.S.”

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