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Politics● Low15m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 1:00 AM

Asean’s neutrality set to be tested as Philippines welcomes world leaders

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

World leaders converged in Manila for the Asean summit on Sunday, bringing attention to the 11-member bloc’s growing clout in a region with a population of 700 million and a US$4.4 trillion economy that is tipped to become the world’s fourth largest by 2030. Among top officials flying in are Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and US President Donald Trump, with the latter expected to attend on Tuesday . But questions...

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