How ASEAN can thrive through innovation and collaboration
The resilience of ASEAN depends on investing in innovation, digital transformation and advanced manufacturing, as well as deepening regional cooperation.
The resilience of ASEAN depends on investing in innovation, digital transformation and advanced manufacturing, as well as deepening regional cooperation.
ASEAN is leveraging global uncertainty into strategic advantage. In a time of global fragmentation, ASEAN stands out as a rare economic bright spot. What we are seeing in
ASEAN has discussed drawing up a code of conduct to be signed with China governing disputes in the South China Sea, but Beijing is reluctant to sign on to a multilateral
Inclusivity and sustainable innovation are key to a strategy that is pushing the ASEAN region to the top of the world''s annual economic growth league.
ASEAN''s advantages, ranging from a large, young market to an embrace of the digital economy, offers a conducive environment to investors - leaders said at Davos 2025.
ASEAN''s fragmented reaction to US tariffs shows the need for greater solidarity and shared economic mechanisms – something shared by regional blocs across the world.
By 2030, ASEAN''s digital economy is expected to more than double to $560 billion. But obstacles in the region remain, such as funding for small businesses.
ASEAN has emerged as a major economic and political bloc. At Davos 2025, ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn detailed opportunities and challenges for the region.
ASEAN leads in the Intelligent Age with innovation, sustainability and regional stability, driving digital growth, climate action and global collaboration.
Despite a rather sombre global economic outlook for 2023, the ASEAN bloc is expected to experience relatively positive levels of economic growth.
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