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US's Rubio makes first Asia visit amid unease over Trump tariffs
SOUTHEAST ASIA, JUL 10 – President Trump announced tariffs ranging from 20% to 40% on multiple ASEAN countries to pressure trade deals and counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region, officials said.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived on July 10, 2025, at Subang Air Base near Kuala Lumpur to attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
- His visit comes shortly after President Donald Trump announced significant tariffs scheduled to begin on August 1, targeting six ASEAN countries, among them Malaysia, amid ongoing trade disputes with various Asian nations.
- Rubio aims to reassure Southeast Asian partners of Washington's commitment to regional security while addressing challenges from China's growing influence and trade disputes.
- Economist Suan Teck Kin expressed hope that current circumstances will encourage further talks to take place before the 1 August deadline.
- The tariffs set to impose up to 40% levies on some ASEAN nations could worsen economic fragmentation, but Vietnam’s earlier deal shows some leverage remains in negotiations.
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“Many countries in Southeast Asia will have better tariff rates than those in other regions of the world,” Rubio said, implying that this could give them a comparative advantage.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, on the margins of the Summit of Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), that all countries will “at some point” receive a letter from Washington to notify about tariffs on their exports. “Every country in the world will receive a letter at some point,” Rubio told reporters this Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, in which he defended the tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump…
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Rubio says Asia might get 'better' tariffs than others
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that Asian nations might get "better" tariff rates than the rest of the world, as he attended ASEAN talks focused on Washington's trade war.
The broad tariffs that President Donald Trump plans to impose next month could overshadow the first official trip of his top diplomat to Asia this week, just as the U.S. seeks to boost relations with the Indo-Pacific nations to counter China’s growing influence in the region. On Monday, Trump notified several countries, including several Asian countries, of higher tariffs if they do not reach trade agreements with the U.S. The move took place ju…
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