Business council representative: U.S. ‘re-energizing’ ASEAN TIFA

The U.S. is attempting to “re-energize” economic relations with the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries after a decline in relations during the Trump administration, focusing on its trade and investment framework arrangement as a tool to expand trade opportunities and address irritants, Marc Mealy, senior vice president of policy at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, tells Inside U.S. Trade . ASEAN senior economic officials two weeks ago met with acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the...