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Taiwan, US sign trade pact to cut tariffs, boost investments

The signing formalises an agreement Washington and Taipei announced in January

Johnson, one of Trump’s chief allies in Congress, has led a legislative blockade for months to insulate the tariffs.

Trump tariffs face rebuke as Johnson fails to block votes

Democrats has pointed to the duties as a driver of inflation that have escalated the cost-of-living crisis

India is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of pulses and also imports them from nations including Canada, Australia, and Myanmar.

US says trade deal with India to include concessions on pulses

Farmers are one of the most influential voting blocs in the South Asian nation

The agreement will see Dhaka provide preferential market access to US industrial and agricultural goods.

US cuts tariffs on Bangladesh goods, including apparel exception

President Donald Trump will lower the South Asian country’s overall reciprocal tariff to 19%

Indian companies are some of biggest suppliers of apparel, footwear and jewellery products to the US.

Ralph Lauren, Walmart suppliers among winners in India-US trade deal

The deal removes the key overhang on the Indian economy, markets and currency

Trade is a pillar of the economy in South Korea, where exports are equivalent to about 40% of gross domestic product.

South Korea’s top trade chief urges caution over US tariff risks

Yeo Han-koo says Seoul has communicated that it is working to accelerate that process through bipartisan cooperation

The new trade deal is expected to offer relief to India’s economy.

Trump’s surprise trade deal with India resets fractured ties

The US will cut its levy on Indian goods to 18% from 25%, lower than most Asian peers

Bombardier operates multiple service centres in the US and has a facility in Wichita, Kansas, where it is growing its defence business.

Trump threatens Canada with aircraft tariffs, decertification over Gulfstream approvals

Trump’s threat hits US giants like American and Delta hard, as they rely heavily on Canadian planes

India’s textile and apparel exports held steady at US$37.5 billion in 2025, despite the drop in US orders, as exporters diverted shipments to markets such as the EU.

India’s textile exporters pin hopes on EU deal after US tariff blow

Under the pact, the EU will remove duties on 90% of Indian goods, plus the roughly 12% tariff on textiles and apparel

EnterpriseSG chairman Lee Chuan Teck notes that the scale of transformative projects in 2025 have shrunk, as smaller companies were careful about embarking on initiatives that require large investments and capital expenditures.

Singapore firms could grow revenue by S$12.3 billion with EnterpriseSG support in 2025, down from 2024

10,000 skilled jobs are also expected to be created through transformative projects undertaken by 2,400 companies last year