In this week's episode of ASEAN Speaks, our chief Economist, Hak Bin Chua talks about Trump tariffs, and what our region has in store in terms of economics for the second half of the year.

Hussaini Saifee, our TMT analyst comes in to talk about recent developments regarding the recent restriction of AI chips exports and what it would mean for data centres in Malaysia and Thailand.

Our analyst from Vietnam, Mi Nguyen, recently initiates on Masan Group (MSN VN) and she explains what the company does, what key drivers she expects to drive stock price higher and any risks that could effect the stock.

Our host Thilan also goes through takeaways from the recent investment conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Invest ASEAN, where the management for 8 Singapore companies came along to share about their respective strategies. Thilan also goes through our 10 top picks for Singapore.

Edited by Xuan Hao, Dion, Abdullah, Bruce