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The tariffs mark a new phase in what has been a complicated and at times chaotic push to reset the terms of global trade.
Under the agreement, the earlier-threatened tariff hike of 25 per cent was slashed to 15 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The clock is ticking closer to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline of Aug 1. And while several more deals - or at least frameworks for deals - have been reached since his last tariff ...
Wholesalers, distributors inside economy expect massive hit from Trump trade policy in a sector that is one-third of GDP and ...
" China has consistently adhered to a nuclear strategy of self-defense, always maintaining its nuclear forces at the minimum level required for national security, and does not engage in an arms race," ...
The securitization of undersea cables intensifies the strategic balancing act that the region’s governments must maintain.
The 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue marked a subtle but telling shift in Indo-Pacific geopolitics. While the annual security forum ...
Asian equities slipped on Thursday, weighed down by weaker-than-expected Chinese activity data and a plunge in copper prices, ...
President Trump may have gotten his way with tariffs on some countries, but his overhaul of American trade policy has not ...
A tsunami has sent waves into Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Russian Far East. It was one of the biggest ...
However, both sides agreed to reduced tariffs in May, after their first trade meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The truce was ...
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