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Vietnam's PM wants to convince Trump to keep Obama-era trade ties
HANOI (May 30): Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has a tough task when he visits the White House this week: Convince President Donald Trump to advance trade ties that blossomed under the Obama administration.
May 30, 2017
Singapore economy
GDP unlikely to overshoot upper end of 1-3% forecast after April NODX slide: Citi
SINGAPORE (May 17): Singapore’s export recovery came to a sudden halt in April as the sharp decline in pharmaceuticals weighed on non-oil domestic exports (NODX).
May 17, 2017
Global Markets
Emerging market killjoys say don’t ignore commodity, China risks
LONDON (May 11): Dissenters in the face of the relentless emerging-market rally are speaking out.
May 11, 2017
Global Markets
Western shoppers are fueling a revival for made-in-Asia goods
HONG KONG / NEW DELHI (May 9): Sanjay Janghala walks across a humming factory floor as 400 employees of Orient Craft Ltd. stitch together women’s blouses and embroidered dresses.
May 09, 2017
Why weak 1Q economic data does not forebode a declining US economy
SINGAPORE (April 27): Even with the improvement of US household and business confidence, as indicated by the rebound in consumption-related soft data since the US presidential elections, ABN AMRO Group Economics is mindful that hard data has yet to catch
April 27, 2017
Commodities
Indonesia pays price of protectionism as commodity exports sink
SINGAPORE (March 29): Indonesia’s economy is losing out on commodity gains after lawmakers wrapped protectionist policies around the nation’s resources. Their next problem: finding a lucrative replacement.
March 29, 2017
Global Economy
The strange case of Korea and Taiwan's diverging export fortunes
SYDNEY (March 28): South Korean workers' wages are rising faster than those of regional rivals, and the power of the nation's sprawling conglomerates, or chaebols, remains unchecked, highlighting a lack of serious economic reform. Yet manufacturi
March 28, 2017
Global Markets
Brazil hails victory as China, Chile and Egypt lift meat ban
(March 27): Brazil’s under-fire meat industry received a major boost as China, Chile and Egypt began lifting restrictions on imports from the Latin American country.
March 27, 2017
China Focus
Trump's tariff could kill thousands of small businesses in China
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (March 20): Higher labor costs and stricter regulations keep nudging Eric Li’s glass factory in southeast China toward insolvency, even though his lampshades are on the shelves at Home Depot. President Donald Trump’s threatened tar
March 20, 2017
Global Markets
Nike put in hot seat for false marketing by Chinese TV show
HONG KONG (March 16): Nike Inc. was chided by a consumer-protection show on state-run television in China, giving a black eye to the athletic brand in its second-biggest market.
March 16, 2017