SIIA Director of Policy Programmes, Ms. Lee Chen Chen, was quoted by The Wall Street Journal on the impacts of China-US trade dispute on ASEAN’s economic integration.
“The looming trade dispute is a growing concern for export-oriented economies in ASEAN.”
The trade dispute demonstrates the need for the region to speed up economic integration but “needs to move beyond free trade agreements if it wants to ride this new tide of protectionism.”
Full article: U.S.-China Trade Spat Puts Southeast Asian Leaders on Edge