Manila, March 19 -- Two leading United States and Southeast Asian business groups are pushing to advance the supply chain resilience agenda under the Philippines' chairship of the 2026 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

At a high-level roundtable gathering of senior officials and industry leaders on Wednesday, the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Philippines (ASEAN-BAC Philippines) highlighted the mounting pressures on Southeast Asian supply chains arising from geopolitical tensions, climate disruptions and structural inefficiencies in trade and logistics systems.

"ASEAN's supply chains are being tested by a convergence of external shocks and structural constraints. Like the COVID-19...