US-China trade war

(Oct 11): "I’ve got a little list of society offenders... who would never be missed,” sings the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko in the musical The Mikado. With exquisite timing, US President Donald Trump has produced his little list of Chinese compani

SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Despite the unresolved US-China trade conflict and declining global growth, Andre Severino says the US economy is still robust and will likely remain so for longer.

BEIJING (Oct 10): Chinese and American negotiators are set to start meeting again in Washington on Thursday in the latest round of their so-far fruitless talks to strike a trade deal. If no agreement is reached, the already slowing global economy will fac

MUMBAI/BEIJING (Oct 9): Down the street from Mumbai’s grand colonial-era Royal Opera House, Deepak Gurnaney sits in his small electronics shop in front of rows of flat screen TVs flashing Hindi-soap operas, while his four staff play with their phones. T

(Oct 9): This was supposed to be the week US-China trade talks got back on track and the two sides found a way to avoid sending more unsettling signals to financial markets and a global economy that looks increasingly fragile.

(Oct 3): Singapore’s dollar is set to weaken because the central bank is likely to scrap its appreciation bias at a policy meeting next week, according to a growing group of forecasters.

SINGAPORE (Oct 8): US and Chinese officials are resuming their trade talks, and an old China hand is optimistic that some kind of resolution can be reached later this year.

(Nov 11): Concerns about weaker corporate earnings and a wider economic slowdown have continued to beset financial markets, making it harder for investors to achieve their desired returns. Exacerbating the situation are the trade tensions between the US a

(Oct 4): Stocks still look particularly attractive in a world of ultra-low bond yields, according to Southeast Asia’s largest bank DBS Group Holdings.

(Oct 7): It appears that there is nothing so extreme that you can contemplate that cannot become a White House tweet. In recent weeks, in briefing notes and forums, we have canvassed the extreme perimeters of US President Donald Trump’s trade war with C