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“The diversion of global supply chains to Southeast Asia is showing up in the data. We expect this trend to continue into the new year,” as the foreign direct investment pipeline remains strong, Tay added.

As someone who has spent decades in executive search and worked closely with Fortune 500 and tech recruiting, I understand why these pipelines are so strong.

After the U.S. wound down the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, defense-tech companies such as Shield AI found that a pipeline flowing with billions of dollars in defense contracts had slowed to a trickle.

The CPC pipeline, which begins in Kazakhstan and ends at the terminal, is a major conduit for Kazakh oil and one of the world's largest by volume, handling around one percent of global supplies.

He resigned Thursday, hours after the pipeline deal was signed.