Trade

NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asean’s biggest trade problem is no longer tariffs. It is friction

2026-11-02T23:15:00.000Z
Entrepreneur Chen Lisong with his mother, Chen Guoxiang, at his cafe, HeyDay AR Coffee, in Dili.

China is helping modernise Timor-Leste with investment, trade and jobs. But is trouble brewing?

2026-11-02T23:00:00.000Z
US President Donald Trump said the scope of an agreement would include the Keystone XL pipeline project that he supports.

Trump floats ‘concept’ of US-Canada deal that includes pipeline

2026-11-02T01:22:02.000Z
Although the president does not appear on the ballot, voters view the midterms as a referendum on the sitting president.

US midterm elections serve as bellwether for South-east Asia

2026-11-01T04:00:00.000Z
The vessel is Vietnam’s first fully electric inland container barge, operating without direct greenhouse gas emissions.

CMA CGM launches its first electric barge in Vietnam, backed by Nike cargo

2026-10-29T04:50:18.000Z
The reciprocal fees imposed last year meant that Chinese- or US-linked ships faced millions of dollars of charges for calling at each others’ ports.

US plans two-month extension to shipping-fee truce with China

2026-10-27T09:53:27.000Z
A header machine (right) deposits harvested canola seeds into a receiving "chaser" truck in a field in Point Wilson, near Melbourne, Australia.

China snaps up Australian canola as improved ties, lower tariffs fuel demand

2026-10-22T06:21:54.000Z
Japan will invest up to US$21 billion to build two chip factories in New York state, under a deal announced last week by GlobalFoundries.
NEWS ANALYSIS

As Japan pursues a chip-industry reboot, it’s being pressed to build America’s

2026-10-20T06:13:01.000Z
Non-oil domestic exports to Singapore’s top 10 markets – except India – rose last month.

Singapore key exports jump by higher-than-expected 68.4% in September, led by non-electronics

2026-10-16T00:30:00.000Z
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola at a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Oct 15, 2026.

EU leaders kick off summit with wrangles over high energy prices and spending

2026-10-15T11:21:10.000Z