The United States and Vietnam agreed to start talks for a trade agreement, the Vietnamese government said on Thursday, hours after the U.S. paused the implementation of global "reciprocal" tariffs ...

A CROSS THE globe, the tariffs imposed or threatened by President Donald Trump have shaken markets and economies. But one country is particularly exposed. From April 9th Vietnam is scheduled to be ...

U.S. prices of steel and aluminium spiked on Monday while shares of foreign steelmakers slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on imports of the two metals to 50%.

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.

“We didn’t know what to do — it was like our brains stopped working,” said one intern who escaped the building after an Air India jet crashed, killing at least 260 people.

Not long ago South-East Asia’s conglomerates were star performers. Between 2003 and 2012 they generated an annualised shareholder return, including dividends, of 28%, compared with 20% for South ...

SEOUL-South-east Asia’s biggest budget airlines are pursuing a bruising capacity expansion race despite rising cost pressures that are squeezing profitability and led Qantas Airways to shut down ...

This chapter looks at the economic impact of conflicts in the Middle East and Central Asia compared to other parts of the world over the past 30 years. We find that conflicts have significant negative ...

Amidst uncertainty, the Asia-Middle East corridor could grow to rival more traditional relationships in 2025,” said HSF Hong Kong-based M&A partner, Tommy Tong.

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.

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute ...