First Day Of ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Engagement With Dialogue Partners Reinforces ASEAN’s Centrality And Neutrality For Regional Economic Stability And Prosperity

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry (MITI), as lead of the ASEAN Economic Pillar in 2025, today successfully coordinated the engagement sessions of ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) with its Dialogue Partners from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United States of America (the US).

The Economic Ministers in attendance were H.E. Yan Dong, PRC’s Vice Minister of Commerce; H.E. Muto Yoji, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); H.E. Yeo Han-Koo, ROK’s Minister for Trade; and H.E. Jamieson Greer, Ambassador, the US Trade Representative. The ASEAN Economic Ministers agreed in principle to forge stronger economic ties to promote trade and investments between ASEAN and its Dialogue Partners.