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| Title of the article | Trade and Investment Flows of Asean Countries in the Context of the Tariff Confrontation between the United States and China |
| Pages | 81-98 |
| Author | Yana Valeryevna Dyomina Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Senior Research Fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153 Tikhookeanskaya St., Khabarovsk, 680042, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0001-5208-7273 |
| Abstract | The article analyzes the new US tariff policy towards Southeast Asian countries and the impact of the trade war between China and the United States on foreign trade and investment flows within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The author shows that there is a complex system of tariff rates that applies to goods imported from ASEAN member states (as well as other US trading partners). Thus, the following types of import duty rates are applied: reciprocal tariffs (first introduced on April 2, 2025 and revised during negotiations with some trading partners), which for ASEAN range from 10% (the base rate applicable to Singapore) to 40% (for Myanmar and Laos, which did not participate in the negotiations); tariffs for transshipment of Chinese goods through the territory of ASEAN – 40%; special tariffs for specific goods (steel, aluminum, cars, trucks, etc.) – 25–50%; anti-dumping and countervailing duties (for example, on solar panels from Thailand – 972.23%) and special tariffs in accordance with section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. (aimed at protecting national security). An analysis of the ASEAN countries’ foreign trade flows showed that over the periods 2012–2017 and 2018–2024, the average values of China’s shares in the bloc’s total commodity imports increased from 18.1% to 23.1%, in exports – from 12.3% to 15.1%; for the United States, they decreased from 7.5% to 7.4% and increased from 10.1% to 14.3%, respectively. During the study periods, FDI inflows increased from the United States from 15.4% to 16%, and from China from 6.7% to 7.5%. Thus, the ASEAN countries’ dependence on China and the United States in the trade and investment spheres has increased with the escalation of the trade war, but the change in the geopolitical situation is not the only factor that caused shifts in commodity and capital flows. This issue requires further investigation using methods of economic and mathematical modeling |
| Code | 339.5+339.9 |
| JEL | F13, F51, F52, O19 |
| DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2025.4.081-098 |
| Keywords | foreign trade, foreign direct investment, international economic integration, sanctions, tariffs, ASEAN, China, USA |
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| For citation | Dyomina Ya.V. Trade and Investment Flows of Asean Countries in the Context of the Tariff Confrontation between the United States and China. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2025, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 81–98. https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2025.4.081-098 (In Russian) |
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| Submitted | 16.11.2025 |
| Approved after reviewing | 21.11.2025 |
| Accepted for publication | 28.11.2025 |
| Available online | 25.12.2025 |