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Donald Trump’s ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories
Donald Trump’s latest act of trade brinkmanship risks creating a “tariff wall” around the manufacturing hubs of south-east ...
China says it will retaliate on unfavorable deals after Trump warns Asia of higher tariffs
Chinese state media warned the Trump administration against striking deals that sideline China, after the president announced ...
Major Asia-Pacific Banks Post Market Cap Gains In Q2 As Interest Rates Fall
Most major banks in Asia-Pacific increased their market capitalization in Q2 as falling interest rates attracted investors to ...
Southeast Asia needn't take sides in US-China tech rivalry. It can learn from both, experts say
As China and the U.S. compete in artificial intelligence, Southeast Asia should draw from the best of both, panelists said at ...
U.S. deports men from Asia and Latin America with criminal records to South Sudan after legal saga
Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the deportation flight carrying the deportees ...
Asia shrugs off Trump’s new tariff threat, as governments hope they can get a deal before August 1
Asian markets largely shrugged off Trump’s latest announcement of tariff rates on some of its trading partners, as the U.S.
Looking Beyond the U.S. for Trade, Canada Begins Shipping Natural Gas to Asia
A tanker is headed to South Korea with a first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Canada, which hopes to reduce its ...
Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species
Someone made very sophisticated wooden tools in China 300,000 years ago, and it might have been Denisovans or even Homo ...
These Are the 15 Best Cities in Asia of 2025—and No. 1 Is Famous for Its Night Markets and Elephant Sightings
Readers favored Asian cities with robust public transportation systems and vibrant culinary scenes in our annual “World’s ...