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View all search resultsASEAN leaders meet to talk tariffs, Myanmar peace and Timor Leste
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will also tackle pressing regional issues, attempting to increase pressure on Myanmar's military junta and iron out remaining issues with Timor Leste's application to join the bloc.
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President Prabowo Subianto attends the plenary session at the 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on May 26, 2025. (AFP/Jam Sta Rosa)
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outheast Asian leaders meet Monday for their first summit since Donald Trump's tariff policies upended global economic norms, with the trade-dependent nations expected to issue a joint message of deep concern over recent US actions.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will also tackle pressing regional issues, attempting to increase pressure on Myanmar's military junta and iron out remaining issues with Timor Leste's application to join the bloc.
On Tuesday the leaders will be joined in Kuala Lumpur by representatives of China and Gulf states, as they seek to solidify diverse economic alliances in the face of future uncertainty.
Trump cast international markets into turmoil in April when he announced wide-ranging tariffs on Washington's trading partners, before the US president agreed to pause them for most countries for 90 days.
Bilateral talks between ASEAN member states and Washington are in progress, but the bloc must still present a united front, Malaysia -- which holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN -- said before the summit.
"We believe that it's important to continue to have a dialogue with the United States," said Malaysian trade minister Zafrul Aziz.
However, "it's important that we stand behind the principles of multilateralism where we believe in a rule-based global trading order with the World Trade Organization at its core", he told a press conference Sunday.
