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Achieving Greater Asean Economic Intergration Requires Political Will

Tan Sri Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Director of IDEAS and former APEC Secretariat Executive Director, and Tan Sri Nazir Razak, Chairman of ASEAN-BAC Malaysia

08-Jul-25 08:00

Achieving Greater Asean Economic Intergration Requires Political Will

ASEAN aims to become the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2045. Achieving this requires deeper regional integration and inclusive, sustainable growth. But with rising scepticism toward free trade, what will it take to achieve that goal? We speak with Tan Sri Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Director of IDEAS and former APEC Secretariat Executive Director, and Tan Sri Nazir Razak, Chairman of ASEAN-BAC Malaysia.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning


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Tags:  asean-bac,  asean,  free trade,  ideas,  malaysia, 


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