Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Southeast Asia for the ASEAN Summit is expected to spotlight Beijing’s shifting trade and diplomatic priorities in the region. The discussions come as the region navigates rising U.

It’s the second upgrade of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) that was first inked in 2002 - making it then China’s first free trade agreement and ASEAN’s first with a major external partner. It then came into effect in 2010, with negotiations for the first upgrade starting in September 2014 and coming into force since 2019.

As for the South China Sea, PM Wong reiterated the importance of peace, stability and freedom of navigation in the region, calling for renewed efforts to conclude a substantive and effective code of conduct consistent with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers held talks Saturday ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will formally welcome East Timor as the bloc’s 11th member and mark US President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia since returning to the White House.

Top economic officials from the U.S. and China will face off in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to try to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The ASEAN Summit is set to host global leaders for trade discussions amidst escalating regional tensions. Key discussions include U.S.-China trade negotiations, a Thai-Cambodia ceasefire deal, and Myanmar's civil unrest.

Kuala Lumpur will see a flurry of high-level visits today as more leaders start arriving for the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits, to be held at

President Donald Trump has started his weeklong trip to Asia, where he will work to secure a major trade deal with China and possibly meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. The three-country Asia tour began over the weekend,