(L-R) Malaysia Vice Minister Sim Tze Tzin, Myanmar Union Minister Wah Wah Maung, Philippines Undersecretary Allan Gepty, Thailand Deputy Permanent Secretary Ekachat Seetavorarat, Timor Leste Vice Minister of Commerce Augusto Júnior Trindade, Vietnam deputy director of the department on multilateral trade policy under Ministry of Industry and Trade Nguyen Viet Chi, Philippines Secretary Maria Cristina Aldeguer Roque, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Kim Yong Gan, Brunei Finance Minister and Economy Hajah May Fa'ezah, Cambodia Secretary of State Pich Rithy, Indonesia Vice Minister of Trade Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri, Lao Vice Minister Manothong Vongsay and ASEAN Secretary General Kim Hourn Kao link arms during a group photo at the 32nd ASEAN Economic Ministers' Retreat and Related Meetings in Manila on March 13, 2026. (Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)