Bhagyashree Garekar

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has said it would not allow any oil to leave the region if attacks from the US and Israel continue.
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With Trump’s mixed messaging on Iran war end, calm in oil markets may be fleeting

More than three-fourths of the crude oil exports from the Middle East to China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan pass through the...

US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles monitoring activity related to Operation Epic Fury against Iran.

Iran attack a major triumph for Trump, strengthening his hand ahead of China visit

The attack comes at a delicate moment for US-China relations

Trump says he has “great alternatives” to the IEEPA tariffs. 

US tariffs on Singapore expected to stay unchanged as Trump imposes new 10% global levies

Aside from the baseline tariffs on Singapore goods, different tariffs apply to certain sectors

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other government officials posing for a family photo at the Critical Minerals Ministerial, at the US State Department in Washington, on Feb 4.

Singapore pledges to keep supply chains resilient as US proposes critical minerals bloc to counter China

Most of the 50-odd nations gathered to discuss the issue have not yet offered opinions on the trading bloc nor committed to...

Resolving the Maduro problem will help the US address Trump’s priorities: migration, drugs and China, said one analyst.

Trump’s Maduro capture is about drugs, immigrants and China

The US military operation neatly unifies three aims of the Trump administration

US President Donald Trump's updated National Security Strategy elevates the Western Hemisphere as America’s highest priority.

5 takeaways for Asia from Trump’s new national security strategy

The White House called it an America-first policy that is principled without being “idealistic”

Dr Anjani Sinha has named technology, energy and security as some of his priority areas.

The US helped with the Singapore ‘miracle’. Now, it’s calling in the favour, says Trump’s new envoy Anjani Sinha

The levies are part of the US president’s aggressive “reciprocal” tariffs imposed on about 90 nations, with rates as high as 50%...

US President Donald Trump meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Oct 30.

Will 2026 be the year of G-2?

The idea of G-2 is that a partnership between the US and China can tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges

For all his tactical unpredictability, Mr Donald Trump seems to be dealing the weaker hand.
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Is the Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea headed for a K-drama moment?

The US president's threat to stack on 100% tariffs on Chinese goods from Nov 1, on top of the 57% that apply...