tariffs

WASHINGTON (Mar 8): The US may exempt countries based on national security considerations from steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that President Donald Trump plans to impose, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): In its day, automaker Proton Holdings was a source of national pride and the centerpiece of a bold strategy by Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s leader for more than two decades, to turn his country into an industrialised powerhouse

(Feb 2): If Donald Trump slapped China with punishing tariffs, the pain would also be felt by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, vital cogs in a regional supply chain that allows China to build widgets and gadgets for the world.

SINGAPORE (Nov 25): Marie Owens Thomsen, chief economist at Indosuez Wealth Management, is not convinced that Donald Trump has toned down from his alarming rhetoric on trade and immigration.