In 2019, the global trading system imposed 55 discriminatory trade policies on companies operating inside it. By 2024, that figure was 2,752. ASEAN companies maintaining dual supply chain exposure – selling to US-aligned and Chinese-aligned customers simultaneously – must satisfy every applicable rule set on both sides at once. The trade data calls this a structural advantage. The compliance bill is a different number entirely.
ASEAN’s Dual Supply Chain Strategy Has a Hidden Compliance Cost
When oil hit USD 100, Southeast Asia’s CFOs were already managing three simultaneous capital pressures: a structural shift to all-cash M&A, accelerating portfolio disposals and an AI investment pipeline blocked not by money but by talent. The Hormuz shock didn’t create the squeeze. It exposed it.
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