The trade war between the US and China is putting south-east Asian countries under increasing pressure to pick sides between the two, reports London's Financial Times.
"China is looking and watching," Malaysian trade minister Zafrul Aziz, who is leading tariff negotiations with Washington on behalf of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
"They are saying, 'Whatever you give to the US, we want the same because whatever you give to the US is at our expense,'" Mr Zafrul said. His comments, echoed in a warning from Singapore's trade minister that neutrality in the region was becoming harder to maintain.
Mr Zafrul said the economic decoupling of the US and China was putting pressure on countries in south-east Asia - many of which are important hubs in supply chains linking the two economic superpowers - to pick one side over the other.
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