Southeast Asia Voices ‘Urgency’ to Diversify Due to US Tariffs

Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's prime minister, during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on May 27.

Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

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Southeast Asian leaders called out President Donald Trump’s tariff plans as causing uncertainties in commerce with their region’s largest export customer and underscoring an “urgency of diversifying trade beyond traditional markets.”