Southeast Asia has outperformed key economies, but where are the profits? 

Southeast Asia is quite promising. Large yet young population with a consistent birth rate, mostly neutral in geopolitics, highly diverse culture where most countries are multi-lingual (Native, English, Mandarin). However, the biggest bottleneck and what is likely to limit their growth is definitely going to be Energy. China was smart to aggressively claim 90% of South China Sea because they knew this is where Southeast Asia can get most of its Oil and gas resources from. I hope the ASEAN can unite one day and stand on their own against any major powers that may take advantage of their growth, and will use their weaknesses/bottlenecks as a means of leeching off of their development (looking at both US and China)

In 2022, the ASEAN country which had the highest trade balance of goods was Malaysia, with a trade surplus of approximately 59 billion U.S. dollars. Contrastingly, the Philippines had the lowest trade balance in goods, with a trade deficit of about 66 billion U.S. dollars in the same year.

Southeast Asia 🌏!

Did the Philippines outperform the other ASEAN members? The Philippines incurred a trade deficit of $52.42b in 2023. It has a trade deficit of $66.94b in 2022.

the profit is in Singapore.

Phinos go own ways, different military direction from ASEAN mainland -6 members (Railways) + Pancasila Indonesian。 Vietnam (Russia) 100mil pax; Thai-Msia (BRICS framework) 104mil pax; Indonesian-OCED 280 mil pax neutral.

how could net profit does not go if the USA Fed bank reserve interest rates have been increased from 0% into 5.5%?

Investors are welcome to invest in South East Asia countries. Semiconductor, electric cars, AI, tourism, etc. There are no trade wars in this region. Fun and safe.

Ask the perpetrator; the US; its financial and foreign policy. Don't waste time asking irrelevant questions and making red herring statements.

However, Southeast Asia is still considered one of the world's poorest regions. The region's major contributors to extreme poverty are the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos. In 2021, 18.1% (20 million Filipinos) live in poverty. Earning less than USD$205 per month for a family of five. The Philippine government classifies families (of five) earning above USD$205 per month as not poor.

About half the population of China or India, no unified language, 10 different countries with less unity than Europe and different foreign policy orientations - we should be talking about individual countries in Southeast Asia. It doesn't make sense to group them together.

SEA outperform ? Singapore not included, it underperformed 😂 competent vs incompetent government

Positive economic growth is welcome. Colonialism and imperialism may not return.

wherr profits? in Endonesa, profits goes to corruptors

Bisa bisa nya wilmar punya singapore padahal produk nya di buat di Indonesia terutama kelapa sawit

Go ASEAN!

why does she have hooves?

PHILIPPINES is the apple of the eye of SEA investment... no one investing in PH dont profit. for some reasons...mind boggling! while investing in others is "riskier"

In the meantime, Europe is falling further and further into chaos and mess. Le Pen in France has achieved the most voted party recently. The political instability for France in particular and Europe in general is just a matter time.