Southeast Asia – region of the future: dangerous tensions in the South China Sea and opportunities in the economic powerhouse of the world

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, all of them important partners of Germany’s in the up-and-coming Indo-Pacific region. Even today, ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is the EU’s third-largest trading partner. These countries are increasing in importance as investment destinations and markets and are thus also pivotal when it comes to reducing dependencies in supply chains for items such as semiconductors. This trip is therefore also a vital step towards putting into…