ASEAN's drive towards regional economic integration includes developing a cross-border digital payment system for seamless financial transactions and promoting the use of local currencies, aiming to ...

Explore how the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa cooperate in areas such as economics, development and global governance. BRICS is an acronym that represents an ...

The deliberate use of economic tools to achieve foreign policy or national security objectives has rapidly increased in the ...

US–China rivalry is reshaping global and regional trade, pressuring ASEAN countries with transshipment rules that risk fragmenting supply chains and undermining regional integration. ASEAN countries’ ...

Wendy Cutler is Vice President of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and Managing Director of the Washington D.C. Office. She joined ASPI after nearly three decades as a negotiator in the Office ...

The Biden administration’s recent decision to block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel highlights a concerning shift away from strategic economic diplomacy. By rejecting this deal — which ...