10 October 2025
US imposes sweeping tariffs on pharmaceuticals, furniture, and trucks — posing new risks for ASEAN exporters, especially Singapore and Vietnam. The latest announcement is yet another confirmation of the changing and disrupted global trade landscape since US President Trump took power in Jan 2025.
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ASEAN: Implications of US tariffs on pharmaceutical and furniture
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Trade and Investment
ASEAN: Another year of record FDI inflows
02 July 2025
In the latest World Investment Report, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to ASEAN surged nearly 10% y/y to USD225 bn in 2024, the second highest in its history.
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Trade and Investment
ASEAN Conference 2024: A bright spot in a troubled world
02 September 2024
The recently concluded ASEAN Conference 2024 conveyed an unmistakably poignant and clear message: ASEAN is a bright spot in a troubled world beset by geopolitical tensions, geoeconomic fragmentation, climate change and the swift pace of digital transformation.
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Trade and Investment
ASEAN: Positive trade and investment outlook to 2030 and beyond
02 September 2024
Three key factors contribute to a favourable outlook for ASEAN in the coming years: 1. Increasing cross-border policy coordination; 2. deepening integration across various economic sectors among its members; 3. a peaceful environment coupled with generally stable domestic political conditions.
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Trade and Investment
Record FDI inflows for the third year
29 July 2024
The latest foreign direct investment (FDI) data showed that global FDI inflows dropped by 2% in 2023 to a total of US$1.33 tn while ASEAN saw record inflows for the third year with a gain of 1.2% to US$226.3 bn, due to robust economic growth and extensive global value chain (GVC) linkages.
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Labour Market
Recent perspectives on regional labour market
30 May 2024
An important area that is bound for change in the years ahead is the ASEAN's labour market dynamics. We employ a well-established theory of the so-called Beveridge curve analysis to perform an empirical study on the bigger and more mature ASEAN economies.
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