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It is time for Asia's MAGA: A nonmilitary quad alliance
THE current international tariff saga, based on a notion of the "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) ideology promoted by President Donald Trump and supported by millions of Americans, should, one would ...
Shares have advanced in Asia after the U.S. and China said they are planning trade talks in Switzerland later this week.
Among all U.S. allies being wooed by Beijing in its tariff stare-down with Washington, Japan stands out as a peculiar case ...
As the United States' "tariff war "piles pressure on the global economy, experts say China, Japan and South Korea must unite through deeper cooperation and conclude a free trade agreement, or FTA, as ...
A growing chorus of opposition to protectionist trade policies centered around U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda is ...
Japan and China are accusing each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands that Beijing also claims ...
China has traditionally avoided this strategic format, long considered a Western construct. Why now, and why Indonesia?
When asked by Reuters whether Beijing would send a representative, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun simply replied: “No information to share at the moment.” Beijing issued a brief ...
Japan intends to push back against any US effort to bring it into an economic bloc aligned against China because of the importance of Tokyo’s trade ties with Beijing, according to current and ...
Trump insisted that a meeting with China had taken place regarding tariff negotiations, despite Beijing denying any such talks. Investors, however, saw signs of a de-escalation in the trade war ...
The trip to China has also become urgent because Switzerland does not want to lose its pole position in Beijing. After all, if the US implements its tariff announcements, China will soon be ...
Despite the risks facing Tokyo, analysts say Beijing’s overture is not only unrealistic, but possibly designed to undermine Japan’s relationship with the US.