President Donald Trump established a temporary tariff hold during a significant policy change but immediately enforced brutal 125% import taxes against China. The two largest international economies confront each other more fiercely in their continuing trade conflict. China started to tax every product from the US by 84% on Thursday after implementing the action. According to the Chinese Commerce Ministry …

China asks India to fight the US’s trade practices because those measures hurt developing nations worldwide. According to Yu Jing of the Chinese Embassy in India, the nations need to unite in opposition to harmful development restrictions enforced on Global South countries. China's economy is underpinned by a system that ensures steady growth, and produces positive spillovers. Chinese manufacturing is …

Vice Premier of China, He Lifeng, met business executives at Apple Pfizer and Mastercard on Sunday to discuss trade solutions with the US. As Beijing seeks outside business during its economic slump it brings leaders from Eli Lilly, Medtronic Cargill and Corning together with government officials for discussions.  As reported to business leaders at the event, He stated that China …

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing sold Panamanian port terminals to a US-led group, causing diplomatic conflicts between Washington and Beijing because of Latin American geopolitical competition. CK Hutchison completed its $22.8 billion deal on March 6 to unload its worldwide port terminals to a consortium led by BlackRock US due to 96-year-old Li Ka-shing’s decision. Shortly after the deal, President …

Indonesia – Long earlier than Australia`s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made his first bilateral go to Jakarta, Indonesia`s accept as true with in Australia turned into already slipping. According to Lowy Institute`s first ballot  on Indonesia in a decade, Indonesians` accept as true with in Australia had slipped 20 factors in 10 years — from 75% in 2011 to …

ASEAN – Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom stated today that their 51-year-old Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) treaty was robust, current, and critical to managing increasing regional tensions. Following their discussion on the margins of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the officials told a press conference that the member states’ relationship was friendly, and that they were focused …

North Korea – North Korea may have launched a ballistic missile, according to Japan’s coast guard, in the first test since the nuclear-armed nation set a new record for launches in January. The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea also said that North Korea had shot at least one “unidentified missile” eastward, without providing any other details. The launch …

Singapore – Furious critics in Singapore said that a video posted by the New York Times showing a Taiwan-based writer preparing a “Singaporean chicken curry” looked more like sewage than a traditional local meal, prompting the publication to remove the video. It is common for Singaporeans to be quite proud of their culinary traditions, which are a fusion of influences …

Afghanistan – Two staff members stated that the Taliban’s religious police had threatened to kill women NGO employees in a northern district of Afghanistan if they did not wear the all-covering burqa. Since the Taliban retook control in August after deposing the US-backed government, Afghans‘ rights, particularly those of women and children, have been significantly restricted. Women are being pushed …

Cambodia – According to their organization, an anti-tank mine left over from Cambodia’s civil war burst on Monday, killing three members of a local demining crew while they worked. In a Facebook post from Cambodia Self Help Demining, the team of professionals had been reacting to a warning in the northern province of Preah Vihear. In the 1990s, the region …