The United States expects to finalise trade deals with more Southeast Asian countries in the coming months, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says.

Greer was speaking in Kuala Lumpur at the start of a meeting with economic ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, amid concerns within the export-reliant bloc over the impact of US tariffs on their economies.

Tariff rates have been set at 19 per cent and 20 per cent for most of the region.

Laos and Myanmar have been hit with a 40 per cent rate, while Singapore has a 10 per cent tariff.

Greer said talks with respective countries on the levies had been progressing well, resulting in some deals being announced while others will be finalised "in the coming months or even weeks, for some".

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