Worse than promised and feared, Trump 2.0 has slapped the world's steepest tariffs on Asia, with the highest being on China at 54% (20% from existing duties and 34% in new "reciprocal" rates), while ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Thursday vowed to retaliate after U.S. President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on dozens of countries to new heights, sharply escalating tensions between the superpowers.

BISHKEK/SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- The first EU-Central Asia Summit is taking place in Samarkand on Friday, with leaders ...

TOKYO/SEOUL -- The governments of Japan, South Korea, Thailand and other Asian targets of Trump's latest tariff salvo on Thursday said that they would take measures to mitigate the impact of levies ...

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asian nations should seek to minimize the impact of the new U.S. tariffs by deepening intra-regional trade links and strengthening ties with markets such as Europe ...

SYDNEY -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized the imposition of a 10% tariff on the country's exports ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's manufacturing sector has recorded a strong start to 2025 despite gloomy news from much of the rest of the economy, according to a closely watched survey of purchasing managers.

The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at one point dropped over 1,500 points, or 4%, plummeting below the 35,000 mark for the first time since August. Nikkei futures on the Osaka exchange slid over 2,000 ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stock futures were sharply lower on Thursday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump plowed ahead with harsher-than-expected tariffs despite warnings they would dent global growth.

TOKYO -- Japanese stock futures were sharply lower on Thursday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump plowed ahead with harsher-than-expected tariffs despite warnings they would dent global growth.

NEW YORK -- The United States will end tariff exemptions for low-cost shipments from China and Hong Kong on May 2, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, taking aim at the de minimis ...