Trade War

Trade War

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TikTok in limbo: The saga of divestment, bans and extensions

Caught between Beijing and Washington, can the world’s most-downloaded app stay afloat?

Cranes and containers are seen at the Yantian port in Shenzhen, following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Guangdong province, China May 17, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Martin Pollard/File Photo

China's May exports slow, deflation deepens as tariffs bite

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. Keystone/EDA/Martial Trezzini/Handout via Reuters

US, China hail 'constructive' Geneva trade talks, details due today

If US firms start reshoring or reducing reliance on Asian supply chains, it could hurt countries like Bangladesh (garment manufacturing), India (automotive and electronics), and Pakistan (textiles). Photo: Reuters

Trade, aid and geopolitics: The high cost of Trump's deal-making in South Asia

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US-China trade talks in Switzerland: What Bangladesh stands to gain

Members of the Chinese delegation leave a residence where trade talks between Chinese and US delegations take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 10 May 2025. Photo: REUTERS

The world needs a truce to the trade war

How South Asia is blowing against the wind of regional cooperation

How South Asia is blowing against the wind of regional cooperation

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Trade War: Pause or cease-fire?

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during his visit to U.S. troops based in Osan Air Base, South Korea on 30 June 2019. Photo: Reuters

Trump includes US troop costs in tariff talks with Asian allies

Today, trade is far more important to the global economy than it was in the 1930s. Photo: Reuters

Can a global trade war be avoided?

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Beijing bites back at US tariffs by curbing Hollywood imports

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Will cowboy Trump’s trade-fu with China turn global trade into the Wild West?

A drone view shows trucks as they transport cargo at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, U.S., 7 April, 2025. REUTERS

Trump's latest tariffs kick in, deepening global trade war