Trade

Canada’s energy sector is its gateway to Asia

With economies like South Korea, Japan and Singapore importing almost all their oil and gas, Asia presents a huge opportunity for Ottawa

The modest rise in exports to China offers some relief to India, which faces high tariffs – and threats of even higher penalties – from the US, its main trading partner.

Electronics and shrimp: Analysts cautious despite India’s export growth to China

US President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on many countries in 2025 triggered a scramble to find new markets

China’s supply chains are steadily becoming more deeply ingrained in South-east Asian countries, a structural tailwind for the region even if the tariff gap closes.

Chinese exports to EU and S-E Asia will keep growing, and not just as transhipments

Economists say that US tariffs and supply chain integrations are setting up Chinese exports in the long run

NODX to six of Singapore's top 10 markets declined last month.

Singapore’s key exports growth eases to 6.1% in December as pharma drags

UOB raises its 2026 NODX expansion projection to 3%, from 1.2% previously; OCBC forecasts a moderation of around 1 to 3%

Taiwanese companies, such as TSMC, are expected to make investments totaling at least US$250 billion to increase production of semiconductors, energy and artificial intelligence in the US.

US, Taiwan reach trade deal focused on semiconductors, US Commerce Department says

Chipmakers like TSMC that expand US production will get a lower tax rate for semiconductors they import into the country

Heading into 2026, Beijing faces challenges from easing global trade concerns about its trade practices, overcapacity and reliance on Chinese goods.

China’s trade ends 2025 with record US$1.2 trillion surplus despite Trump tariff jolt

A policy push for Chinese firms to look beyond US market pays off as they expand into South-east Asia, Africa and Latin America

A port in the Jiangsu province of China. In dollar terms, the value of bilateral trade between Russia and China reached US$228.1 billion, down 6.9% year on year.

China’s 2025 trade with Russia posts first decline in 5 years

It follows a slide in Russian demand for Chinese cars, and a drop in the value of China’s imports of Russian crude oil

Trump stepped up the pressure for talks with a warning this week that tariffs could rise further unless India curbs its Russian oil imports.

India-US trade deal stalled after Modi did not call Trump

“They were uncomfortable doing it”, says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

The Wall Street Journal reported that China had also begun restricting exports to Japanese companies of rare earths and powerful magnets containing them.

Japan to explain stance on China’s export controls in US next week: finance ministry

[TOKYO] Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday she would meet her counterparts in the United States next week to discuss rare earths supplies, and repeated Tokyo’s condemnation of C...

View of Hanoi. Vietnam is targeting double-digit growth in 2026, betting on higher public investment, export diversification, private-sector productivity gains and deeper capital markets.

Six metrics behind Vietnam’s 8% growth that complicate the celebration

The country’s growth story is more uneven than top-line figures suggest