Bangladeshis work at Snowtex garment factory in Dhamrai, near Dhaka. © AP
_Priyanka Kishore is the founder and principal economist at research company Asia Decoded in Singapore._
The outlook for Asia has predictably dimmed in an environment of heightened trade uncertainty. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's latest forecasts show global growth slipping to 3.1% in 2025 from 3.3% in 2024. This is not good news for Asia's export-oriented economies.