Time to rethink export-led manufacturing model of Asean, say experts
straitstimes | May 15, 2017
With machines doing the work of people in factories and shifts in global trade sentiment, Asean's export-led manufacturing model for prosperity needs a relook, delegates at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Asean meeting in Phnom Penh said. The change will see robots manufacture cars and drive them, 3D machines print products, call centres being handled by virtual agents and Web robots taking on jobs such as those of a stockbroker.