24 h. ago China’s CICC Eyes Middle East, Southeast Asia in Global Push

China International Capital Corp., one of the nation’s largest brokerages, is seeking to tap growing demand for cross-border financial services in the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia as the firm pushes its global expansion.

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4 d. ago Food, Fighter Jets Eyed as Southeast Asia Seeks to Avert Tariffs

Southeast Asian nations are pledging to increase purchases of a swathe of US goods to strengthen their case for lower tariffs, as the International Monetary Fund warned of significant economic fallout for the trade-reliant region.

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5 d. ago China’s Investments in Southeast Asia Snarl US Plans on Supply Chains

Chinese investments in Southeast Asian manufacturing are likely much higher than official data shows, underscoring the difficulty of any US attempt to box in Beijing or exclude Chinese-made goods from its supply chains.

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8 d. ago UN researchers warn Asian scam operations spreading across globe

BANGKOK — Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a U.N. report issued on Monday. For several years, scam compounds have proliferated in Southeast Asia, especially in border areas of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, as […]

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1 week ago Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady for first time in 2025

The Bank of Canada (BoC) announced that it's holding its policy rate at 2.75 per cent on Wednesday morning.Before this, the central bank had made two 0.25 per cent cuts to its key interest rate, with the last one on March 12 bringing the rate to 2.75 per cent.On Tuesday, Statistics Canada shared March inflation data, showing that inflation slowed to 2.3 per cent following a 2.6 per cent increase in February.Last week, Ratehub.ca mortgage expert Penelope Graham told us that while Canada had largely dodged the worst of the tariff pain, the BoC's policymakers would assess the impact on our trade partners, and the effect at home, to make a decision on April 16.She said the central bank would be weighing plummeting consumer and business sentiment, based on its own quarterly survey.Upcoming Bank of Canada rate announcementsKeep an eye on the Bank of Canada website at 9:45 a.m. on the following dates:Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (rate update only)Wednesday, July 30, 2025 (rate up...

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2 w. ago China’s Xi makes a case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia

BANGKOK — China’s Xi is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of “stability and certainty.” On Monday, he was welcomed to Hanoi with pomp and ceremony by Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. He arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, later Tuesday, for a three-day […]

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2 w. ago China’s Xi says there are ‘no winners’ in a tariff war as he visits Southeast Asia

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping started a week of diplomacy in Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam on Monday, signaling China’ s commitment to global trade, just after U.S. President Donald Trump upended the global economy with his latest tariffs moves. Although Trump has paused some tariffs, China was the outlier, […]

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2 w. ago German Economy to Stagnate in 2025 on Tariff Pain, Advisers Say

The German economy won’t see meaningful growth this year and Donald Trump’s tariff policies threaten an even bleaker outcome, according to the country’s leading research institutes.

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2 w. ago Chinese Battery Makers See Tariff Pain Added to Domestic Woes

China’s energy storage industry faces a double whammy to its sales prospects from punitive US tariffs and scaled-back support from the government in its domestic market.

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3 w. ago US Inflation Is Set to Give Hints of Trump Tariff Pain to Come

US households probably experienced slightly less overall inflation last month, a reprieve that economists view as temporary in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff tsunami.

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3 w. ago Southeast Asia Rushes to Avert Tariff Pain by Enticing Trump

Countries in Southeast Asia, major sources of exports to the US, are angling to accommodate President Donald Trump rather than retaliate against his punishing tariffs, seeking to keep exports flowing to one of their biggest markets.

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3 w. ago Tariffs Deliver Blow to Dented Southeast Asian Solar Exports

President Donald Trump’s cascade of tariffs on Southeast Asia threatens an already battered solar panel industry and its exports to the world’s largest economy, while also driving up the cost of renewable projects in the US.

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