ASEAN prepares to finalize its digital trade pact as advocates question its safeguards, while businesses remain uncertain ...

The Philippines handed the chairship of the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) to Singapore on Sept. 19, 2026, ending a year-long ...

The economic component of Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2022 was less visible against the background of US–China tensions and the Ukraine and Myanmar crises. But promoting prosperity, deepening ...

When ASEAN nations once were very proud of their membership, much fanfare was given to the beginning of what was called the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). A very watered-down version was launched on ...

The Singapore and Thai prime ministers said Saturday they will push for an earlier end date for the establishment of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) during an ASEAN summit in Bali next ...

ASEAN must move beyond its compartmentalised approach to policymaking to respond to the increasingly interlinked areas of economics and security in a shifting global order. Maintaining ASEAN ...

For more than a decade, a cornerstone of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) policy has been an incremental push to establish the ASEAN Community. Based on three interconnected pillars ...

The theme for Indonesia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2023, “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth,” aims to validate Southeast Asia’s status as an epicenter of ...

The economic landscape of Southeast Asia is being reshaped by increasing cooperation among ASEAN, China, Japan, and South Korea. In 2024, as the global economy continues to recover from the ...