SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA/HANOI -- When U.S. President Donald Trump hit ASEAN nations with tariffs averaging 33%, it exposed the vulnerability of the region's success as a global production hub.

As a net importer from China and net exporter to the U.S., ASEAN finds itself hemmed in by the trade war between the world's two largest economies. (Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)
U.S. policy renews urgency to deepen economic ties within Southeast Asian bloc