The Trump administration unveiled its much-anticipated tariffs on most of the world last week – and they make about as much sense as you would expect. Countries will see tariffs on exports to the United States ranging from 10 to almost 50 percent. Southeast Asia has been particularly hard hit.Continue Reading
A day before U.S. President Donald Trump’s harsh “reciprocal tariffs” are set to come into effect, Southeast Asia’s major economies continue to reel from the globe-shaking announcement, as their governments hastily cobble together a response. Stock markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines tumbled when trading opened yesterday, afterContinue Reading
Southeast Asian nations are scrambling to respond to the sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, expressing hopes for bilateral negotiations but also expressing their desire to reduce their reliance on the U.S. market. Yesterday, Asia woke to the spectacle of Trump, sitting in the Rose Garden of theContinue Reading
