Chapter 1: Regional Developments and Economic Outlook: Charting a Path through the Haze. We expect growth to strengthen in 2025 and 2026 in the Middle East and North Africa, but at a slower pace than ...

GT Voice: East Asia needs to move to enhance regional integration. By Global Times Published: Jun 19, 2025 11:19 PM. Illustration: Xia Qing/GT.

President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.