No mere shock absorber: ASEAN setting terms on China trade

China’s manufacturing surge – dubbed by some as the “Second China Shock” – has raised fears that a deluge of cheap Chinese imports could deindustrialize large swathes of Southeast Asia. Yet framing Southeast Asia as a victim , as the term “shock” implies,  reflects not only a misunderstanding of the region’s historical autonomy and strategic agency
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