With three summits one after the other, but with different compositions – which also demonstrates the willingness to “over -section” production and trade – the countries of Southeast Asia appear to make moves to relieve any consequences for imposing duties by US President Donald.
The work of the Synods began on Monday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with the 46th Council of the Union of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) and continued today with the second meeting of the Union of Southeast Asian countries with the Gulf Council Council (Gulf Council). Gulf and China.
One of the main goals of both ASEAN’s meeting and the other two expanded sessions, as set by Malaysian Prime Minister Anuar Ibrahim (who is chaired by ASEAN for this period) at the start of her work, is to set up a single block that could discuss the US and Treasury.
The Malaysian prime minister wanted to entertain the impressions that China’s participation in Washington could leave in the last of the three sessions, arguing that ASEAN is not choosing a side between China and the US in the trade war.
Of course, the presence of the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Lee Chiang at the Joint Summit, while he can hardly overlook US officials.
ASEAN participates in large economies in the Asian region, with a large productive base, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam. In recent decades, ASEAN’s ten countries have traditionally exported most of their production in the US, and combined the value of their exports to the US last year reached $ 358.56 billion (with Vietnam being the first on the list).
At the Summit, countries have agreed that members of the Union apparently had every right to close bilateral agreements with Donald Trump’s America to avoid the outrageous duties it has announced, but the US president has been frozen since April. Six countries face duties from 32% to 49% in July if negotiations with Washington do not bear fruit.
In the announcement it is emphasized that the Any agreements should not affect the interests of the rest of the Union countries. The ten -member Union has also released a five -year strategic plan to better integrate countries’ economies, citing the “challenges” that mean “it is not enough to continue in the usual way”.
The ‘dragon’ bites
This logic, as expressed at the ASEAN Summit, was de facto discussed in the discussions of the other two meetings. Thus, Chinese Prime Minister Lee Chiang, in the relative placement of the presence of the Gulf Countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) appealed to the attendees and their attendees Practices. ” As he pointed out: “We all need to maintain the multilateral trade system of the World Trade Organization and promote the creation of a stable and coordinated environment in international markets.”
According to analysts, China, despite the fact that the types has agreed …, continues to promote its strategy to increase its influence in the ASEAN region, which is also the leading commercial partner. But tensions are still in the South China Sea, where China is involved in controversy over controversial waters with the Philippines and Vietnam (and other ASEAN countries). Of particular interest is that the Synod resulted in, among other things, a joint statement by Lee Chiagnk with the Vietnamese bond of Fam Minh Chinh, with which the two sides are committed to deepening the relationships between the two sides and for a strategic cooperation.
Along with the economic dimension of the meeting, however, there were results on a number of issues that concern international news, such as the Gaza war. The issue was made by the Sheikh Kuwait, Sabah Halend al -Hamad al -Sabah, who reaffirmed the commitment of all GCC, as well as the states of ASEAN and China, in favor of Palestine.
