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CNA
09-07-2025
- Business
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - Trump tariffs: What's changed and what Trump wants from these trade deals
U.S President Donald Trump and his administration are racing to get trade deals done ahead of a self-imposed deadline, at which point tariffs are set to rise for dozens of countries across the world. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Chris Humphrey, Executive Director from EU-ASEAN Business Council. They examine what's changed and how things might pan out from now till the new August 1 deadline.
Barnama
26-05-2025
- Business
- Barnama
Trump's Move To Impose Debilitating Tariffs Has Silver Lining Despite Worldwide Condemnation
Executive Director of the EU-ASEAN Business Council Chris Humphrey speaks to Bernama in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the 46th ASEAN Summit, the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and ASEAN-GCC-China summits. By Mikhail Raj Abdullah and Fatin Umairah Abdul Hamid KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- President Donald Trump's globally condemned tarrifs have unexpectedly spurred groupings like ASEAN and the EU to accelerate alliance formation, enhancing their economic resilience against similar risks. Chris Humphrey, the Executive Director of the EU-ASEAN Business Council based in Singapore, said Trump's debilitating tariffs on 168 countries that disrupted the entire global economy could force officials from both groupings to take a serious relook at the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement - the talks of which were suspended in 2009. When in Brussels recently, he said he noticed that the mindset in Europe has definitely changed, and that it needs to do more outreach and work with international partners. 'ASEAN has suddenly leapt up the agenda in Brussels as a result of that,' he told Bernama in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the 46th ASEAN summit, the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and ASEAN-GCC-China summits. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today opened the ASEAN summit as Chair of ASEAN, which is themed 'Inclusivity and Sustainability.' The EU has four ongoing FTA negotiations in ASEAN, namely with Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Humphrey, during his meeting with Maros Sefcovic, the European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, in Singapore recently, said the latter made it clear the EU needs to get these trade deals over the line fast and that 'there has to be give and take on both sides.'
