Thailand and Indonesia are taking markedly diplomatic approaches to the Trump administration’s sweeping new trade tariffs, as Southeast Asian nations scramble to respond to U.S. import duties that could significantly impact regional exports. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced Sunday that Thailand will ramp up imports of U.S. energy, aircraft, and agricultural products in a…
Latin American governments and analysts are reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariff plan, which was unveiled Tuesday under the banner of “Liberation Day.” The executive order introduces a wide range of import duties — from 10% to as high as 50% — targeting over 180 countries and dramatically altering the global trade…
Singaporean leaders are issuing stark warnings after U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed sweeping global tariffs, with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong calling it a direct threat to the city-state’s economy and a step toward a global trade war. “It will spell trouble for all nations, especially small ones like Singapore,” Wong said in a video address…
In a rare show of regional unity, Japan, China, and South Korea have agreed to accelerate economic cooperation and revive stalled free trade talks, as U.S. tariffs threaten to upend global trade flows and hit Asia’s export-reliant economies. Meeting for the first time in more than five years, trade ministers from the three nations issued…
China issued a pointed response to sweeping new U.S. tariffs on Saturday, condemning the measures as economically reckless and politically damaging, while pointing to the global market selloff as proof of their destabilizing impact. With stock markets around the world sliding sharply—Wall Street saw its worst week since the pandemic—Beijing warned Washington against using trade…
Cognac producers in southwestern France are facing mounting economic pressure as a wave of new U.S. tariffs deepens the challenges already posed by declining global demand and earlier Chinese trade retaliation. The latest blow came with U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 20% tariff on all European goods, including French cognac, a move…
