US Trade War
Export-reliant stocks, currencies slump on Trump's "America first" move; analyst says Pakistan positioned “to gain from declining commodity prices".
Updated 03 Feb, 2025 03:43pm
Trump’s trade war salvo rocks markets.
Published 03 Feb, 2025 12:34pm
Mexico will reinforce security along its border with the United States to fight drug trafficking; White House not optimistic about talks with Ottawa.
Updated 03 Feb, 2025 09:28pm
Trudeau announces 25pc tariffs, urges Canadians to boycott US products; China vows "countermeasures" but leaves door for "frank dialogue" open.
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 08:02pm
Pakistan will likely have to walk a tightrope, balancing its relations with Washington and Beijing as the US begins its tariff journey.
Updated 27 Jan, 2025 10:15am
To the new US president, Canada seems less like a partner or rival and more like a neighbour whose economic dependence can be exploited.
Published 23 Jan, 2025 10:59am
President spars with Washington bishop; warns Putin of sanctions sans deal to end Ukraine war; hints at high tariffs for China by Feb 1.
Updated 23 Jan, 2025 09:48am
India considering options to counter Trump's tariff threats, according to media report.
Updated 22 Jan, 2025 05:29pm
Vows to support World Health Organisation after US withdrawal.
Published 21 Jan, 2025 02:04pm
Will Trump’s foreign policy be destabilising for the world as is being widely anticipated?
Updated 20 Jan, 2025 08:29am
Biden to be remembered as an “interlude” president between two Trump presidencies despite achievements, says analyst.
Updated 16 Jan, 2025 12:04pm
The president-elect has made some audacious claims.
Updated 15 Jan, 2025 10:10am
Warns Beijing of “China’s non-market policies and practices and industrial overcapacity”.
Published 07 Jan, 2025 11:57am
As Donald Trump’s inauguration nears, countries prepare for potentially tumultuous trade relations amid "promised" US tariffs.
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Mass protests in Bangladesh over economic grievances, job quotas, and political repression culminated in Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and exile.
Published 01 Jan, 2025 09:30am
The year ahead will see rising geopolitical tensions, challenges to global economy and tech disruption.
Updated 30 Dec, 2024 09:02am
Latest probe to focus on China’s foundational semiconductors production.
Published 23 Dec, 2024 03:21pm
Beijing recalibrates policies to stimulate its economy and navigate a harsh external environment given the US tariff barrage.
Published 23 Dec, 2024 08:25am
Says European Union must make up their "tremendous deficit" with US.
Published 20 Dec, 2024 04:05pm
Warns against what he called the US’s “crude interference” on the issue of Taiwan.
Published 17 Dec, 2024 12:10pm
Analysts says China better prepared to deal with almost any tariff, short of an "Armageddon announcement" of 60pc tariff on all Chinese goods.
Published 13 Dec, 2024 08:50pm
Says Republican leader's business experience will help steer relations riven by deep mistrust, trade tensions.
Published 06 Dec, 2024 02:17pm
Move is one of Biden administration’s last large-scale efforts to stymie China’s ability to access and produce chips for AI.
Published 02 Dec, 2024 03:32pm
US tariffs on Canadian crude could raise global prices, hurting importers like Pakistan.
Updated 02 Dec, 2024 09:50am
No one will win trade war, Chinese spokesman says; economists warn tariffs will hurt growth, increase inflation.
Published 26 Nov, 2024 07:15pm
Global economic thinking has shifted from free trade to strategic trade.
Updated 16 Oct, 2024 09:43am
While challenges will be formidable in the year ahead, global leadership will be in short supply.
Updated 04 Dec, 2023 09:51am
If we want to be part of these global trade networks, we need to first address our internal inadequacies.
Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:08am
Despite the tech war and tensions over Taiwan, economic decoupling is a distant possibility.
Updated 24 Oct, 2022 08:41am
America accuses firm of having developed facial recognition programmes that can determine a target's ethnicity.
Updated 11 Dec, 2021 09:40am
