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On air now2:54Macro · Economic growth
The story of ASEAN’s growth trajectory.
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aseanx is premiering a macro series on the eleven markets and the first episode of aseanx Perspectives.
The macro series takes one indicator at a time and sets out where each of the eleven markets stands on it. Each indicator explains a different part of how ASEAN works, and a single regional average hides how far the eleven markets differ from one another. The indicators read together show what each market produces, what it attracts and what it costs to live there. aseanx Perspectives takes one question about the region in each episode, weighs the official aim, the sceptics and the evidence, and closes with a verdict.
On air now2:54
PremieringMacro · Investment
One of the world’s principal FDI destinations — how did ASEAN do it?
One market takes by far the largest share, and the reason is not the one usually given.
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PremieringMacro · Inflation
Eleven central banks, no shared currency — how did ASEAN hold its prices steady?
One market broke away from the rest, and its currency explains why.
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Premieringaseanx Perspectives · Episode 1
The episode asks why trade within ASEAN has stayed at about a fifth of the region’s total trade, and what that says about integration.
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Investment is being committed across all 11 Asean member states, and each is building on its own strengths.
Each Country File records one member state’s industrial base, the investment most recently approved or disbursed, and the commitments its government has made for the period ahead. Every figure is narrated with the date it was observed.
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Country File1:29Indonesia
Indonesia is moving up the battery value chain, from raw ore to refined output.
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Country File1:59Malaysia
Malaysia aims to move up the semiconductor global value chain.
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Country File1:44Singapore
Singapore invests to retain its position as the indispensable hub as neighbouring capacity expands.
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Country File1:48Thailand
Thailand turns to electric vehicles and data centres to offset one of Asia's fastest-ageing populations.
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Country File1:45Vietnam
Vietnam enters domestic semiconductor manufacture, with its first chip plant under construction.
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Country File1:28Philippines
The Philippines channels its youthful population toward AI, semiconductors, renewables, electric vehicles and aerospace.
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Country File1:25Cambodia
Cambodia climbs the manufacturing value chain and broadens into agriculture, tourism and digital services.
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Country File1:25Laos
Laos converts its river systems into a durable source of export earnings.
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Country File1:18Myanmar
Myanmar retains considerable potential in its scale, centrality and natural wealth once stability is lasting.
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Country File1:27Brunei
Brunei builds sources of national income beyond oil and gas.
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Country File1:44Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste develops a post-oil economy in coffee, tourism and the Greater Sunrise gas field.
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Trade partners across four continents are expanding their commitments to the Asean member states.
Each Trade Partner file records the trade and investment already moving between that economy and the Asean member states, the agreements in force that carry it, and the commitments made for the period ahead. 11 major economies have chosen to commit capital and market access to Southeast Asia.
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Trade Partner2:08China
Both economies manage an interdependence that now runs deep in each direction.
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Trade Partner2:01United States
United States tariff policy and China-plus-one sourcing strategies redirect supply chains into the Asean member states.
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Trade Partner2:06European Union
Both parties hold a region-to-region agreement as the stated objective.
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Trade Partner2:10Korea
The Korean government targets US$300 billion in two-way trade a year.
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Trade Partner1:53Australia
Australia sets its economic strategy for Southeast Asia out to 2040.
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Trade Partner1:46New Zealand
New Zealand deepens the relationship at the highest tier rather than competing on volume.
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Trade Partner1:55United Kingdom
The United Kingdom holds a second five-year plan of cooperation as a standards partner.
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Trade Partner2:01Canada
Both parties close the remaining chapters of a bloc-wide trade agreement.
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Trade Partner1:50Russia
Energy cooperation remains the principal channel of the relationship.
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Trade Partner1:58Japan
Japan enters a second half-century of industrial partnership as supply chains realign.
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Trade Partner2:02India
Both parties widen the goods agreement that has governed the relationship since 2010.
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Each series ahead reads the region from a different angle, from the industries that carry it to the rules that decide who may enter each market.
Together they answer the questions operators bring to Southeast Asia: which industries hold the advantage and which markets hold them, how the 11 member states stand against one another on the numbers that matter, what the region’s agreements actually permit, and where the door stands open to a foreign investor.
The Sectors
Shipping, semiconductors, energy and the industries beside them: where the advantage sits in each one, and which markets hold it.
The Numbers
Growth, trade, investment, inflation and population: how the 11 member states stand against one another, one measure at a time.
How the Region Works
What Asean has integrated and what it has not, so that a plan rests on the rules in force rather than on the ambition.
Frameworks
Which agreement governs a shipment, an investment or a service, and what each one changes in practice.
Getting In
What a foreign investor may own, where approval is required, and which of the 11 front doors stands open.
Deep Dives
The structural questions behind the headlines, examined at length: the Strait, the battery chain, the payments layer.
aseanx Forum
The movers and shakers setting the region’s direction, on the record and in their own words.
aseanx Perspectives
Each episode takes one question about the region, weighs the official aim, the sceptics and the evidence, and closes with a verdict.
Daily Signals
What moved today inside the region and outside it, and what it means for operators here.
Showcase
Discover the innovative solutions that new and established brands are bringing to Southeast Asia.
Viewers hear directly from the founders and executives building them: what the solution does, which markets it already works in, and what it takes to deploy it across 11 member states. Every Showcase is branded content, produced by aseanx to the same standard as the editorial files and marked as branded wherever it runs.
Coming soon
The first Showcase entries publish this season.
Pavilion
Discover the incentives and the support that unlock the gateway to growth in each market.
Viewers see what a market now offers: the corridors under construction, the incentives on the table, the sectors open to investment, and the agency, ministry or chamber standing behind them. Every Pavilion is branded content, carried across Southeast Asia for the term of the campaign and marked as branded wherever it appears.
Coming soon
The first Pavilion campaigns open this season.
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