ASEAN economies should look to CEE to escape middle-income trap - ex-finance minister

4 min read Bambang Brodjonegoro, ADBI, ASEAN, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, CEE, FDI, EU, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, China, Japan, South Korea, World Bank, Prabowo Subianto, Nikkei Asia, Nickel, middle-income trap, steel

Bambang Brodjonegoro, dean of the ADB’s Tokyo-based think tank, said Southeast Asia’s largest middle-income economies are at risk of long-term stagnation as demographic advantages fade and productivity growth stalls.

New nickel corridor connects Indonesia with France, CEE

3 min read ASEAN, Corporate, Economy, Energy, ESG, Politics, CATL, CEE, Critical Raw Materials Act, Danone, Eramet, EVE, France, Halmahera Island, Indonesia, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Nickel, PT Antam, Renault, Szijjarto, TotalEnergies

As Indonesia asserts control over its vast nickel reserves, a new supply route is forming between Southeast Asia (SEA) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). France and Hungary are emerging as key European partners in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, linking mineral extraction in Indonesia to battery production in