%T East Asia’s decoupling %A Roland Rajah %I Lowy Institute for International Policy %D 2019 %K International relations, %K International trade, %K International cooperation, %K Relations with China, %K Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) %U https://apo.org.au/node/218686 %X New data suggests East Asia is no longer as reliant on US or Western markets as it once was. Instead, led by a huge expansion in Chinese demand, the region has become far more internally driven, making it somewhat less vulnerable to current global trade tensions than commonly thought and, more importantly, giving it much greater room to manoeuvre. %9 Report