Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Policy: Implications for Southeast Asia
Jayant Menon
The implications of the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff policy on Southeast Asia are still unclear, as certain questions need to be answered.

Jayant Menon
The implications of the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff policy on Southeast Asia are still unclear, as certain questions need to be answered.
Mirza Sadaqat Huda
Trump’s rent-seeking foreign policy pertaining to energy and critical minerals will force Southeast Asian countries to do what they least desire: making a choice between China and the US.
Phan Xuan Dung
Suspending USAID programmes risks undermining years of work building trust between the former enemies and helping victims of the Vietnam War.
Stephen Olson
Southeast Asia was spared in the initial flurry of Trumpian trade actions, but Trump’s introduction of expansive and unprecedented non-trade issues into trade relations will inevitably entangle the region.
Hoang Thi Ha
US President Donald Trump's rhetoric in past weeks has sparked a chain reaction of alarm in Southeast Asia. If his words become deeds, the region's uneven but evident bedrock of trust in the US, carefully built up since World War Two's end, could slowly turn to dust.
Julio S. Amador III
The US-Philippines alliance is expected to be reinforced in the Trump 2.0 administration. It will, however, be tested given existing regional flashpoints and the need to follow through commitments pledged in previous years.
Daljit Singh
A ceasefire in Ukraine could enable Washington to strengthen its deterrence network in the Indo-Pacific. But this depends on whether Trump hews to traditional balance of power considerations.
Su Mon Thazin Aung
The Trump Administration’s decision to terminate foreign aid has crippling effects on the humanitarian landscape in Myanmar.
Kristina Fong Siew Leng
Southeast Asian countries are likely to be caught up in the crossfire between China and the US. But there could be a silver lining.
Paul Chambers
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has raised concerns about the health of US-Thailand relations. But some of the fears are overdone.