00:00And the Philippines is hosting the 58th meeting of Economic Minister of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,
00:07where issues of global interest are being discussed.
00:10Asian economy ministers began a four-day summit in Manila to define the roadmap for trade investment and digitalization in
00:19the regional bloc.
00:20Led by the Philippine Department of Commerce, the ministerial meeting seeks to set the agenda that heads of state and
00:27government will evaluate this coming November.
00:30The organization's Secretary General Karl Kim Horan emphasized the urgency of coordinating collective responses to shield the economies of Southeast
00:39Asia from the impacts of the West Asian crisis.
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