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The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) has released the Summary Report of the Canada-ASEAN Business Forum 2025, capturing key insights, discussions, and outcomes from CABC’s flagship event held in Kuala Lumpur on 24–25 September 2025. Held as an official side event of the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting and endorsed by Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), the Forum convened senior leaders from government, business, and research communities

PwC released the ASEAN-6 eReadiness 2025 Associations Report, a comprehensive study examining the rapid transition toward electric vehicles (EVs) across six key ASEAN markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore.

The Canada-ASEAN Business Outlook Survey 2025 shows that while business sentiment remains positive, it has moderated. 69.2% of respondents remain optimistic about profitability in ASEAN, an 11.4 percentage point decline from 2024, with companies still generally planning to expand, but at a more measured pace.