The US-Indonesia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade is widely viewed as asymmetrical, with Indonesia accepting broad commitments that could constrain its future policy space in industrial policy, digital regulation, and strategic trade governance in exchange for protected access to the US market.
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ISEAS: Malaysia’s geoeconomic alignment under Anwar
Malaysia’s claim to neutrality in the US–China rivalry is undermined by sector-level structural alignment, particularly in semiconductors, which constrains the country’s real policy freedom even when aggregate trade and investment figures appear balanced.
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ISEAS Cambodia’s economy after the border conflict
Despite significant trade and labour disruptions caused by the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict, the economic impact on Cambodia has so far been milder than expected for a small, trade-dependent economy.