📍ASEAN leaders expressed their "deep concern" over US tariff measures during a trilateral summit with China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The summit participants described it as a "response to the call of the times" amid escalating geopolitical tensions.
📍In a joint statement issued Tuesday evening, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed concern over "unilateral tariff measures," stressing that these policies create "complex and multidimensional challenges to economic growth, regional stability, and economic integration within ASEAN."
📍The regional group affirmed its determination to stand "unified" to confront these challenges, pledging to expand cooperation with strategic partners, primarily China and the Gulf states.
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