The business community should strengthen resilience and diversify supply chains to reduce dependence on a single market for ...

China and Vietnam thus need to adopt deeper cooperation models. In 2024, China imported 20.06-billion-yuan ($2.75 billion) ...

Most Asian nations have are adapting to the trade war with a mix of economic realism, diplomatic agility, and selective state ...

When US President Donald Trump hit ASEAN nations with tariffs averaging 33%, it exposed the vulnerability of the region’s success as a global production hub.

By leveraging open regionalism and its centrality, ASEAN can mobilise a coalition of willing partners to defend their interests in the multilateral system.

With US-led economic globalization reaching its "demise", the RCEP should be steadfastly advanced to counter the US' trade ...

Tariffs will weigh on the global economy and dent the region’s post-pandemic economic momentum. That’s because exports have led growth in many emerging economies amid lackluster domestic demand. In ...

Despite its growing demographic and economic heft, Southeast Asian voices are surprisingly absent from the global policy conversation.

The continent is home to 77 intra-regional deals and 104 extra-regional ones and, as such, is party to 45% of the world’s ...

The agreement creates a free trade area for more than 703 million people. The upgraded ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade ...

The agreement is seen to enhance business opportunities across a free trade area of over 703 million people, with a combined gross domestic product of more than US$5.6 trillion (S$7.3 trillion).

This model has really worked for Vietnam, which in 2024 alone experienced a 14% increase in annual exports, surpassing the $400 billion mark for the first time. For perspective, China’s exports to the ...