US-China trade war

(Sept 6): Hutchison Port Holdings Trust will be removed from Singapore’s Straits Times Index after a dramatic fall in its market value amid rising global trade tensions, the index provider said in a statement.

(Sept 9): Trade tensions between the US and China have taken on a calmer tone in the aftermath of some intense tit-for-tat retaliatory measures in August. The latest round of import tariffs by both countries went into effect on Sept 1 and the next increas

SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Singapore has to take a “targeted, purposeful approach” in its artificial intelligence efforts as it lacks the resources of superpowers such as US and China, says Minister for Communications and Information, S Iswaran.

(Sept 5): China and the US announced that face-to-face negotiations aimed at ending their tariff war will be held in Washington in the coming weeks, amid skepticism on both sides that any substantive progress can be made.

SINGAPORE (Sept 4): The escalating trade war between the US and China is chilling global collaboration that has long driven breakthroughs in technology and science. The tiny island nation of Singapore is trying to carve out an independent role in the clas

(Sept 2): China shrugged off US President Donald Trump’s latest escalation of the tariff war, with state media signalling the government is ready to weather the economic turbulence as no progress to resolve the standoff is in sight.

(Sept 1): The Trump administration slapped tariffs on roughly US$110 billion ($153 billion) in Chinese imports on Sunday, marking the latest escalation in a trade war that’s inflicting damage across the world economy.

SINGAPORE (Sept 2): “What Elon Musk wants to produce is a lifestyle. We are not interested in a lifestyle. We are interested in proper solutions that will address climate problems.” — Masagos Zulkifli, Singapore’s minister for environment and wate

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): The US Federal Reserve has responded to the suggestion that it wade into presidential politics the only way it could: with a forceful denial. “The Fed’s decisions are guided solely by its congressional mandate to maintain price sta

SINGAPORE (Aug 27): Singapore is expected to suffer the brunt of “collateral damage” as construction activity in Asia shrinks due to ongoing US-China trade tensions, according to BIS Oxford Economics.