Asean leaders are seeking to soften the blow from US tariffs while also tackling Myanmar's crisis and the South China Sea code of conduct Malaysia has written to US President Donald Trump ...

Southeast Asian nations held a summit Tuesday with China and six Persian Gulf countries in efforts to expand economic engagement as they grapple with U.S. tariff hikes.

Alongside the 46th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is inaugurating the Asean-GCC-China Summit. Asean already enjoys strong bilateral relationships with both the GCC and China.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a keynote speech during the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 27, 2025.

While the GCC is ASEAN’s seventh-largest trade partner, with total trade reaching $130.7 billion in 2023, the six Gulf states accounted for only around 3.5 percent of ASEAN’s trade in 2023 ...

Beijing will attend the ASEAN-China-GCC summit in the hopes of forging new commercial partnerships against U.S. tariffs, but a recent white paper doubling down on its South China Sea claims will ...

Collins Chong Yew Keat, a foreign affairs, strategy and security analyst with Universiti Malaya, said the ASEAN-GCC-China summit underscored Beijing’s efforts to strengthen support during its ...

A regional association of Southeast Asian nations held a summit Tuesday with China and six Persian Gulf countries in efforts to expand economic engagement and bolster resilience amid global trade ...

Nation & World ASEAN opens summit with Persian Gulf nations and China as US threatens tariffs May 26, 2025 at 10:52 pm Updated May 27, 2025 at 5:09 am By EILEEN NG ...