Asia will still need to make things in the future

Asia will still need to make things in the future Asia will still need to make things in the future

Priyanka Kishore is the founder and principal at research company Asia Decoded in Singapore.

The outlook for Asia has predictably dimmed in an environment of heightened trade uncertainty. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s latest forecasts show global growth slipping to 3.1% in 2025 from 3.3% in 2024. This is not good news for Asia’s export-oriented economies.