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PM: Fortify Asean s agro foundation amid supply chain disruptions

ASEAN should seize the opportunity to fortify its current agro-foundation in the wake of the disrupted global supply chain.Prime Minister (PM) Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it is time for member countries to look into possible ways to strengthen food security in the region, which is blessed with rich natural resources.“If Covid-19 pandemic has taught us a lesson, it is that Asean must be self-reliant in the face of an unprecedented crisis, be it now, or the future,” he said at the 37th Asean Summit yesterday.Apart from food security, Muhyiddin said essential movement through travel corridors must also be given priority.

Reimagining Asean? Let s start with a common score card

CHANGING gear and shifting from emergency planning to mainstream policymaking can be a tricky affair. While under pressure by an outbreak of a pandemic, you are forced to think in long and bold terms. Once the calamity subsidies or just keeps hitting as hard as before but at the same time it somehow becomes internalised as part of the “new normal”, policymakers tend to revert to the old standard working modalities. The ambition of a “building forward better” might still be officially there but then in the reality it struggles to gain traction and keep momentum. I am afraid this might happen in Asean and for this reason I am wondering if within bloc there is still a “collective” sense of urgency to forge ahead together what was put in the front when the pandemic struck.

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