During his South-East Asia trip, the prime minister is expected to seal trade deals worth more than 750 million pounds ($1.6 billion).
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But Mr Cameron will even utilize his trip to examine the threat from later Prime-Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, Leader Joko Widodo of Philippines, and extremism along with his brethren.
The UK government estimates about 500 people from Indonesia and about 200 from Malaysia have joined IS in Iraq and Syria.
Visiting the headquarters of Asian trade bloc Asean today, he will push for progress on a free trade deal with the EU, which the Government believes could boost the British economy by £3billion a year.
He said: “What can we do to co-operate together, what can we learn from moderate Muslim states like Indonesia and Malaysia, what can we help with in terms of counter-terrorism training and policing, how we can co-operate to keep our people safe?” Vice President Jusuf Kalla and ministers will attend the bilateral talks.
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“I think, frankly, what’s happening is the pace is quickening and the pressure is growing on Isil”.
Osborne said some of the proposals for euro zone reform took it in an “interesting direction” but added: “If we are going to see the euro zone integrating further, then we have also got to make sure that the interests of those who are not in the euro zone such as the UK are properly protected”.
“We are seeing excellent global demand for Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System technology, and have enjoyed strong growth in Asia Pacific in a very short time”, said Darktrace CEO Nicole Eagan. “That remains the goal”.
“The referendum in Britain is an opportunity to make the case for reform across the EU”, he will say, according to excepts of his speech.
About 31 UK business leaders will be accompanying the British Prime Minister on his trade mission, which aims to forge links with the area’s rapidly growing markets for British goods and services.
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Prime Minister David Cameron plans to announce the timing of the vote at the Conservative Party’s conference in October, the newspaper said, with polling day penciled in for June 2016.
