Asia Economy
China’s factory activity growth at 1-year high, official survey shows, as stimulus measures kick in
A worker works at a workshop of Zhonghong Packaging Company in Lianyun district, Lianyungang city, East China’s Jiangsu province, on March 27, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s manufacturing activity expanded at its fastest pace in one year in March, signaling Beijing’s stimulus measures were helping prop up an economic recovery, while looming […]
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South Korea ends its longest short-selling ban in history after systemic reforms
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Ahn Young-joon | AP South Korea on Monday lifted the longest short-selling ban in the country’s history, after tightening measures to crackdown on illegal transactions. The short-selling ban was put into […]
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Japan stocks slump nearly 4% as fresh Trump tariffs due this week keep investors jittery
Japan will start offering digital nomad visas at the end of March, according to The Japan Times. Witthaya Prasongsin | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets plunged Monday ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s fresh round of tariffs expected later in the week. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 started the day 3.9% lower while the broader Topix […]
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Australia PM calls general election for May 3 amid cost of living crisis, tariff worries
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on March 28, 2025. Mike Bowers | Afp | Getty Images Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday called a national election for May 3 as the country grapples with high cost of living and rising U.S. tariffs. That kicked off […]
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Asian auto stocks extend declines as Trump tariffs on car imports dent sentiment
Vehicles awaiting shipment are parked at a port on March 27, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan. U.S. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Asian auto stocks fell for a second straight day as investors fretted over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and certain automobile parts not made in the country. Japanese automakers Toyota and Honda […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open lower as Trump tariff threats keep investors on edge
Australia, New South Wales, Sydney Scott E Barbour | The Image Bank | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs kept investors on edge. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.19% as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national election on May 3, […]
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Shares of Asia’s automakers fall as Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports
Recently imported brand new unregistered Honda cars are parked in a storage yard at the Port of Bristol on January 15, 2025 near Bristol, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images Shares of Asia’s automakers fell after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will impose tariffs on cars not made in the country. Japanese automakers Toyota […]
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Japan and Brazil vow to bolster strategic ties as security and trade worries rise
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) walks with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 25, 2025. Yoshikazu Tsuno | Afp | Getty Images Japan and Brazil on Wednesday agreed to establish a framework for foreign policy and defense exchanges during a state visit […]
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China’s industrial profits slip at start of the year as deflationary pressures, tariff risks mount
YICHUN, CHINA – FEBRUARY 06: Mechanical arms work on the production line of electronic products for new-energy vehicles in an intelligent workshop at a factory in the high-tech industrial park on February 6, 2025 in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province of China. Zhu Haipeng | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits slipped in the […]
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Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street declines as Trump unveils tariffs on auto imports
The direction of average tariff rates is up, Barclays says Whether President Trump will indeed soften his approach to tariffs as he has recently suggested is uncertain, but one thing that is clear is that average tariff rates are rising, according to Barclays. “We think the direction of travel is clear: average tariff rates are […]
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