Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7 -- Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz has called on member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to implement structural economic reforms to enhance resilience in the face of global challenges and geopolitical shifts.

Addressing the PRAXIS 2025 Public Policy Conference on August 7, he said there is value in the willingness to have dialogue with all like-minded partners and in upholding the principles of non-alignment.

The minister said ASEAN had remained intact in the face of US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff challenges, saying the tariffs posed a challenge to the bloc's unity and coherence but it held on to its non-retali...