April 6, 2026
The ASEAN+3 region entered 2026 from a position of strength. Yet the energy shock caused by conflict in the Middle East has sharply raised downside risks.
April 6, 2026
This paper argues that the persistence of modest intra-ASEAN integration reflects structural constraints that trade liberalization initiatives alone cannot resolve.
June 23, 2021
When China began plugging into global production networks and cross-border trade more intensely in the early 2000s, few might have foreseen it becoming one of the most important hubs for many high-tech global value chains (GVCs) by the late 2010s.
May 28, 2021
Vietnam has posted strong and robust economic growth since the opening-up of its economy in the late 1980s.
August 1, 2019
In May 2019, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad stated that East Asia should ‘adopt a common trading currency, not to be used locally but for the purpose of settling of trade’ that would be pegged to gold.
January 22, 2019
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held the 6th AMRO-IMF Joint Seminar today. This seminar takes place annually, and serves as a useful platform for AMRO to consult with its stakeholders on its surveillance work, particularly studies on longer-term structural issues facing the region, as well as deepen its engagement with the IMF.
December 11, 2018
Over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, China has achieved remarkable economic development and it has had profound and significant impact on ASEAN. Going forward, enhanced cooperation based on good understanding of each other’s needs, strengths, capacities and priorities will help deepen regional integration and boost mutual benefits.
December 3, 2018
ASEAN-China ties go back a long way—China was the first country to sign a free-trade agreement with the bloc back in 2002, and it has been a dialogue partner of ASEAN’s since 1991.
November 21, 2018
Over the past 40 years, China’s reform and opening-up has led to leapfrogging economic development and the expansion of the country’s role at the regional and global levels, as shown by the close economic ties with its neighbours.
November 13, 2018
China’s dramatic socio-economic transformation over the past 40 years can largely be attributed to broad and sustained economic reforms. In its transition lie many lessons for other emerging Asian economies.
