Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual (second from left) joins fellow ASEAN economic ministers in advancing the region’s sustainability agenda during the 22nd Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Community Council on May 7, 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. With Pascual are (from left) Deputy Secretary General Hairil Yahri Yaacob of Malaysia; Ministers Gan Kim Yong of Singapore; Ekachat Seetavorarat of Thailand; Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan of Vietnam; Airlangga Hartarto, AECC chair of Indonesia; Jerry Sabuaga, alternate AECC lead of Indonesia; Manonthong Vongsay of Lao PDR; Dato Dr. Amin Liew Abdullah of Brunei Darussalam; Pan Sorasak of Cambodia; Joaquim Amaral of Timor-Leste; and Secretary-General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn of the ASEAN Secretariat.