Sino -US push economic security framework Southeast Asian people hold a wait -and -see

Southeast Asia has a wait -and -see attitude towards the economic and security framework that China and the United States have recently launched in this region. More than 40 % of the respondents said that the results of the Indo -Pacific economic framework in the United States cannot be judged.The world is confident that China's global security initiative can bring benefits to the region.

The biggest disadvantage of IPEF is not covered with market access

Professor Xu Tongmei, a tour of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, pointed out that many people in Southeast Asia were disappointed with the Indo -Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). Its biggest disadvantage is that it does not cover market access.

U.S. President Biden launched an IPEF, including seven Southeast Asian countries in May last year, is considered to check the economic influence of China in the region.

Although 46.5%of the respondents evaluated IPEF positively, 41.8%also believed that the results of IPEF were not yet judged; interviewees who were watching the IPEF attitude mainly believed that the specific negotiation results must be released.

Xu Tongmei pointed out in a discussion about IPEF that Southeast Asia hopes that the United States will increase investment and bilateral trade in regions, and ideal to return to the Bidai government to return to the Capital Pacific Partner Comprehensive Progress Agreement (CPTPP).

Xu Tongmei believes that IPEF and CPTPP are not equal, and there are less market access elements.He emphasized that trade is important for trade in Asian countries. It is not only an economic issue, but also a security issue. "We are very disappointed with the Bayeon government's basically continuing Trump's economic and trade policies."

Southeast Asia is also not very active in the security framework led by China and the United States. For the global security initiative proposed by China in April 2022, only 27.4%of the respondents are confident or very confident to bring benefits to the region; for the region; for the region; for the region;44.5%of the global security initiatives have no confidence or low confidence.

It is considered that the Quad Safety Dialogue (QUAD) mechanism designed to compete in China has continued to receive positive evaluation of more than half of the interviewees this year. HoweverA percentage point, 50.4%.