US tariffs add to the sense of an increasingly unpredictable and unreliable partner. Allies in Europe and the Pacific are ...

Chinese exporters of the restricted rare earths have already reported a halt to shipments as they await licenses from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, a system which gives Beijing the ability to ...

Trump’s trade war has brought Norway even closer to the EU and increased the urgency for it to make a decision about ...

Beijing will see the removal of South Korea’s president and subsequent election as an opportunity to undermine Seoul’s ...

X CEO Elon Musk is close to President Trump at a time when India wants to negotiate on US trade. But X’s case challenges wide ...

The split between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of Sahel States (Alliance des États du Sahel – AES), formalized by the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and ...

Beyond the shock of its sheer scale, the Trump administration’s extraordinary new tariff regime, announced on 2 April 2025, was notable for the exemptions it contained. Certain critical minerals – ...

Southeast Asian leaders have long argued that they should not have to choose sides between the US and China. Indeed, trading nations such as Malaysia and Vietnam have arguably profited from heightened ...