Southeast Asia’s stake in an increasingly polarised global trading system came under discussion at the ASEAN & Geoeconomics: Energy Security and Trade Symposium in Bangkok, on September 25.
Author: Puttipat Sawatdee
International Relations and Global Affairs student at Mahidol University
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