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Geopolitical tensions, especially involving Iran, raise energy costs and disrupt shipping, unevenly impacting ASEAN economies based on energy dependence, exports, and flexibility; Indonesia benefits from domestic demand, while Vietnam’s exports incre... [1]

A report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warns that recent changes in US tariff policy have had a significant impact on ASEAN economies, with total exports to the US projected to fall by as much as 9.7 %. [3]

TURNBERRY, Scotland (Reuters) -- The United States struck a framework trade agreement with the European Union on Sunday, imposing a 15% import tariff on most EU goods, half the threatened rate, and averting a bigger trade war between two allies that ... [4]

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's gross domestic product expanded 5.2% in the July-to-September quarter from a year earlier, official data released by the central bank showed on Friday, accelerating from 4.4% in the previous three-month period even as U.S. [5]

We maintain a 2025 growth forecast of 2.5%, but have cut 2026 expectations from 1.5% to 1.2% due to weaker growth in the US and Mainland China. [6]

Asia Plus Securities predicts a sideways-up trend for the Thai market, supported by Songkran holidays and U.S. tariff exemptions on electronics. SET Index resistance at 1,140, support at 1,120. [7]

MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian countries will prioritize creating an Asia-focused trade pact this year that includes China, India and Japan, while trade issues with the United States will be put on the back burner, the Philippine trade ministe... [8]

A core theme of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's economic policy has been to guide the country away from its historic path of being an export-driven economy dominated by a handful of conglomerates, or chaebol. [9]

Sources
[1] TH thailand-business-news.com · 2026-03-07 · 85% match

How the Iran Conflict Could Reshape Energy Strategies, Supply Chains, and Market Entry Plans in ASEAN

Geopolitical tensions, especially involving Iran, raise energy costs and disrupt shipping, unevenly impacting ASEAN economies based on energy dependence, exports, and flexibility; Indonesia benefits from domestic demand, while Vietnam’s exports incre

[2] MM www.scmp.com · 2026-03-26 · 75% match

China trade

[3] TH www.nationthailand.com · 2025-09-23 · 75% match

Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand hit hardest in ASEAN by US tariff impacts

A report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warns that recent changes in US tariff policy have had a significant impact on ASEAN economies, with total exports to the US projected to fall by as much as 9.7 %.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-28 · 75% match

US and EU agree to 15% tariffs, $600bn in investments from Europe

TURNBERRY, Scotland (Reuters) -- The United States struck a framework trade agreement with the European Union on Sunday, imposing a 15% import tariff on most EU goods, half the threatened rate, and averting a bigger trade war between two allies that

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-14 · 75% match

Malaysia's Q3 GDP growth picks up to 5.2% despite trade concerns

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's gross domestic product expanded 5.2% in the July-to-September quarter from a year earlier, official data released by the central bank showed on Friday, accelerating from 4.4% in the previous three-month period even as U.S.

[6] TH thailand-business-news.com · 2025-10-11 · 75% match

Singapore’s Growth Forecast for 2026 Revised Downward

We maintain a 2025 growth forecast of 2.5%, but have cut 2026 expectations from 1.5% to 1.2% due to weaker growth in the US and Mainland China.

[7] TH thailand-business-news.com · 2025-04-16 · 75% match

Thai Stock Market Outlook on 16 April 2025

Asia Plus Securities predicts a sideways-up trend for the Thai market, supported by Songkran holidays and U.S. tariff exemptions on electronics. SET Index resistance at 1,140, support at 1,120.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-04-26 · 75% match

SE Asia Prioritizes Trade Pact Including China as US Rethinks Policy

MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian countries will prioritize creating an Asia-focused trade pact this year that includes China, India and Japan, while trade issues with the United States will be put on the back burner, the Philippine trade ministe

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-10-21 · 75% match

'Fintech' needs support, not barriers, in South Korea

A core theme of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's economic policy has been to guide the country away from its historic path of being an export-driven economy dominated by a handful of conglomerates, or chaebol.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-01-11 · 75% match

Tsai Ing-wen leads in early counts for Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI -- Voting ended in Taiwan's presidential election on Saturday, in a poll that will determine relations with mainland China and the direction of the island's export-driven economy over the next four years.

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