Forum urges integration, realignment for ASEAN

While tariff negotiations with the US may have resulted in deals that are disadvantageous to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the regional bloc can use existing free trade agreements to promote a "rules-based global economic order", according to experts who participated in the webinar organised by the Manila-based Philippine Association for Chinese Studies. Noting how US trade policies change when a new president is elected, NTU Singapore SSS’s Assoc ProfKei Koga said that Asian countries are seeking a stable trading environment by signing international agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, "which do not rely on US (trade policy)". 

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