The country’s admission caps off a 14-year journey toward accession, but also presents new challenges for the Southeast Asian bloc.

China boosts Asian trade diplomacy at Malaysia summit as US tariffs persist, using RCEP to expand influence amid resource and maritime tensions.

Malaysian premier hosting 4th ASEAN summit, with participation of presidents from US, South Africa, Brazil, South Korea, among others - Anadolu Ajansı

Leste’s expected ascension to ASEAN, both the country and the regional organization have an opportunity for reform.

ASEAN's commitment to multilateral solutions and an open rules-based order shows how the world should respond to the tariff disorder

Once hailed as a model for regional cooperation in the developing world, ASEAN now faces a crisis of purpose. Unless it can rediscover the unity and collective way forward that defined its early decades,

President Trump has embarked on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with China. Erica L. Green, the White House correspondent for The New York Times,

US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on Sunday on the first leg of an Asian tour that will include high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.