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Coronavirus: Asia should fill leadership vacuum in post-pandemic world, Malaysia’s Muhyiddin says
Bhavan Jaipragas bhavan.jaipragas@scmp.com
Malaysia’s prime minister says Asian governments should take the chance to reimagine a new post-pandemic global order. Photo: Xinhua
With Covid-19 throwing a spotlight on the deep flaws in global governance in areas from trade to public health and patent protection, Asian countries should take the lead in rebuilding new mechanisms for the post-pandemic era, regional leaders told an annual conference on Thursday.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was among the speakers at the Nikkei Future of Asia conference who urged regional counterparts to reimagine and then take action to build a new global order that would cast aside increasingly pervasive nationalism and isolationism.