At the regional level, ASEAN continues to support the rule-based multilateral trading system with the WTO principles as core.KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Aziz said the ASEAN Economic Committee Council (AECC) will convene in late October to discuss the latest issues related to the US’s tariff policy.According ...
1. The Thirteenth East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers’ Meeting was held on 25 September 2025 in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia. The Meeting also welcomed H.E. Filipus Nino Pereira, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Democratic Republi...
1. The Fifty-Seventh ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting was held on 23 September 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Meeting, which was chaired by Malaysia under the theme of “Inclusivity and Sustainability,” was preceded by a preparatory meeting of the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials (SEOM) and joint meetings with the 39th ASEAN Fr...
Executive SummaryThe objective of this framework is to guide the ASEAN Member States, particularly ministries responsible for small and medium enterprise (SME) development and SME development agencies, in enhancing the capacities of businesses to develop inclusive business (IB) models and to cultivate talent that can support inclusive businesse...
JAKARTA, 28 August 2025 – ASEAN, through the Lead Implementing Body for Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI), convened the Pre-Market Sounding Event on the Updating and Advancing of the Initial Pipeline of ASEAN Infrastructure Projects on 27 August. Supported by the Australian government through the Aus4ASEAN Futures Init...
BOGOR/HYBRID, 13 August 2025 – Senior economic officials and experts from ASEAN Member States gathered today in Bogor, Indonesia, for the 4th Meeting of the ASEAN Geoeconomics Task Force (AGTF) to discuss strategies in navigating intensifying global geoeconomic challenges.The meeting, co-chaired by YB Liew Chin Tong, Deputy Minister, Ministry of...
