TRADE Secretary Ramon Lopez has urged his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to build a united front on trade challenges in the region.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said in a statement on Friday that Asean Economic Ministers had an extended discussion on the problems facing by region and individual countries as a result of global developments such as China's Covid-19 lockdowns and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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