China pledges more balanced trade and further opening of the economy after record surplus

BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged on Sunday to further open the country's economy to foreign ...
East Asia Forum

Economic security comes from openness in Southeast Asia

Major powers are promoting disengagement and isolation from the global economy in their economic security strategies. Southeast Asia has bucked this trend. Deeply dependent on its integration into ...

Why Europe’s ‘open’ economy of innovation is exposed to global trade shifts

As new targets designed to help the EU economy work towards autonomy are unveiled, Europe’s “old growth” model and its R&D ...
East Asia Forum

ASEAN leads response to the threat of global economic disorder

Led by Malaysia, ASEAN has avoided the global temptation to engage in a tit-for-tat response to US President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs. An acute understanding of the importance of global ...
The Economist

India may be about to become one of the world’s most open economies

CAN ONE of the world’s most protectionist economies become one of its most open? Can a country that has consistently failed to exploit its vast pool of unskilled labour to build a strong manufacturing ...