ASEAN Business Entity: Integration at the Cost of Inclusion (Tham Siew Yean – FULCRUM)

The ASEAN Business Entity (ABE), initiated during Indonesia’s chairmanship in 2023, recently started a pilot programme in November 2025 under Malaysia’s watch. The ABE’s goal of increasing regional economic integration via greater intra-ASEAN investment concurs with the ASEAN Economic Community, but it will likely retain, if not reinforce, existing disparities in FDI flows.

ASEAN Business Entity: Integration at the Cost of Inclusion | FULCRUM

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