FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, U.S., September 7, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has asked the European Union to hit China and India with tariffs of up to 100% over the countries’ Russia oil purchases, in…
The city skyline of Lujiazui Shanghai Center in China, on March 13, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly higher Wednesday ahead of key August inflation data from China. The mainland’s August consumer price index is expected to fall 0.2% from the previous year, according to economists polled by Reuters,…
A cargo ship is loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao Port, Shandong Province, China on June 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s shipments to the U.S. plunged 33% in August while overall exports growth slowed to its weakest level in six months, as President Donald Trump’s…
Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down from his post after weeks of mounting pressure for his resignation. “I made a difficult decision to step down,” Ishiba said during a press briefing, in comments translated by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK….
Mount Fuji and buildings in the Shinjuku district are reflected on a table at an observation deck in Tokyo, Japan, on December 24, 2013. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday formalizing a lower Japanese auto import tariff of 15%,…
Sydney Harbour and the skyline of the central business district (CBD) in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Australia’s economy expanded more than expected in the second quarter of the year, marking the fastest pace of growth since September 2023. The country’s GDP grew 1.8% year over year,…
An employee packages garments for the online Chinese e-commerce company Temu at a clothing factory in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province on April 16, 2025. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images China’s manufacturing activity unexpectedly returned to growth in August on the back of a recovery in new orders and export business, a…
Aerial view of Seoul downtown city skyline with vehicle on expressway and bridge cross over Han river in Seoul city, South Korea. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images South Korea’s central bank kept its policy rate unchanged at 2.5% for its second straight meeting to assess housing prices in the capital further, after prices…
Robots manufacture auto parts at a factory in Ningde, China, on Oct. 17, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s industrial profits slipped 1.5% from a year earlier in July, marking a notable recovery following months of steeper declines as Beijing’s campaign against price wars helped improve companies’ margins. This is breaking news. Please…
The Merlion statue in the central business district of Singapore, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore’s inflation cooled to a lower-than-expected 0.6% in July, as the city-state braced for slower growth later this year. This was lower than the 0.7% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and was also…
