By bno - Taipei Office The decision to delay a swathe of steep new tariffs on a wide range of global imports until August 1 by Donald Trump has prompted a cautious response from East and Southeast Asia,

Vietnam remains the region’s largest apparel exporter to the U.S., sending roughly $18.6 billion worth of goods in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Cambodia follows with $7.8 billion, then Indonesia at $6.4 billion, Thailand at $2.7 billion, and Malaysia at $1.6 billion.

Asian markets largely shrugged off Trump’s latest announcement of tariff rates on some of its trading partners, as the U.S. president also seemingly pushed the start date for new taxes to August 1.