Published: 17 Sep 2025
Author: Kristina Fong Siew Len
It is just shy of six months since President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs were unleashed. This highly volatile period for the global trading system has witnessed on-and-off tariff announcements as well as tit-for-tat protectionist measures. In the current geopolitical context, countries and regions need to form faster and firmer strategic alliances than previous attempts. With this in mind, ASEAN’s efforts to forge stronger ties amongst its Member States and other allies would benefit from concerted efforts to enhance the trade facilitation aspects integral to the operational efficiency of existing rules-based mechanisms rather than the introduction of new and sophisticated frameworks and rules.
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