The Pacific region is growing in strategic importance with both the US and China increasing their influence especially around security and trade relationships. The policies of the region’s ...

Based on the importance of the Mekong region, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been holding the Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting since 2009 and has been promoting various ...

Mr Donald Trump’s return to the White House is reshaping America and the world. The swift reimposition of tariffs, including on key Asian economies, signals that the United States has radically ...

SYDNEY: The president of the tiny Pacific Islands nation of Palau, one of the few countries to escape US tariffs, said he remains "positive" the Trump Administration will keep a strong focus on ...

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Myanmar's catastrophic earthquake last month came amid a flurry of smaller earthquakes across the Asia Pacific. The magnitude-7.7 quake near Mandalay on March 28 left more than 3,600 people dead ...

[MUMBAI] The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lower its growth forecast for Asia further after the region was hit the hardest by tariffs from the US. The multilateral institution said the US tariffs ...

However, ADO April 2025 does feature an analysis of how higher tariffs may affect growth in Asia and the Pacific. The report notes that while economies in the region are resilient, faster and ...

Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.9 percent on average this year and 4.7 percent in 2026, partly due to trade uncertainty and higher U.S. tariffs ...

Malaysia, Southeast Asia's third-largest economy ... against harsh weather," said political analyst Oh Ei Sun from the Pacific Research Center of Malaysia. "Xi's main message would be that ...