Asean hopes to sway US on trade tariffs but it’s not looking promising

September 26, 2025

Efforts this week by Asean nations to water down Washington’s tariffs through talks with the US’ point man on trade appear to have failed, experts say. Instead, fresh threats were issued of levies unless lopsided trade deals favouring America can be quickly reached.
During a two-day visit to Kuala Lumpur that began on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer made it clear that Washington would not budge on its goal of reclaim…


Source: South China Morning Post – This Week in Asia feed (http://www.scmp.com/…)


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