Sigh of relief, for now: The Jakarta Post
While the Geneva agreement brings hope, it does not undo all the damage. Global trade will never be what it used to be.
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US ‘had no role to play’ in clinching India-Pakistan ceasefire: Indian Foreign Secretary
The plea had come from Pakistan’s Director-General of Military Operations to his counterpart in Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary panel on cross-border…
Singapore construction sector sees fallout from US tariffs amid trade war truce
Firms are grappling with uncertainty over pricing and supply of raw materials, according to local industry associations.
Students, travellers from Southeast Asia souring on the US amid immigration crackdown
Since January, more than 4,700 international student records have been removed from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a database managed by the US Immigration…
China slaps anti-dumping duties on plastic imports from US, EU, Japan
The new duties target imports of polyformaldehyde copolymer, a common plastic used in car parts, medical devices and household appliances.
Korean crypto CEO to join US President Trump’s inner circle of ‘meme coin’ millionaires
Oh Sang-rok is the CEO of Hyperithm, a Seoul- and Tokyo-based firm which manages digital assets for institutional investors in Asia.
US President Trump to keep 30% China tariffs through late 2025: Analysts
While much lower than before the thaw this week, the current rate is high enough to wipe out 70 percent of Chinese shipments to the world’s largest economy in the medium term,…
China’s countermeasures against US tariffs over fentanyl issue to stay
The US imposed two rounds of tariffs — 10 percent each time — on Chinese goods in February and March, citing fentanyl as the reason. In response, China imposed additional…
China retains rare earth export controls as bargaining chip amid trade war truce with US
China dominates the world’s rare earth supply chain, mining almost 70 percent of the global output of these critical minerals. More importantly, it processes some 90 percent of…
Businesses upbeat over China-US tariff respite
Analysts, however, warned that business communities should maintain a measured approach, rather than be overly optimistic, as uncertainties still surround the sustainability of…