Fair Finance Asia Calls for Stronger Equitable Governance and Benefit Sharing in ASEAN's Critical Minerals Trade and Finance

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states are often written out of value chains built on their critical minerals, according to a new report from the Fair Finance Asia (FFA) network and research partner, Profundo. 

Fair Finance Asia and Profundo (2026, July), Extraction to Equity: Pathways to Responsible Finance and Trade in Asia's Critical Minerals Value Chains. Among the first to examine the region's critical minerals trade agreements alongside the finance behind them, FFA's report, Extraction to Equity, asks whether …READ FULL ARTICLE