US President Donald Trump signed a flurry of deals on trade and critical minerals with three Southeast Asian partners today (26 October), as Washington looked to address trade imbalances and diversify supply chains amid tighter export curbs on rare earths by China. Trump, who is in Kuala Lumpur to attend a summit of the Association […]
Read MoreBy Joseph Sipalan,Iman Muttaqin Yusof and Aidan Jones A triumphant Donald Trump on Sunday presided over a peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia on the first trip to Southeast Asia in his second presidency, applauding his own peacemaking skills while warning that American trade was contingent on the durability of the truce between the two […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signed a trade agreement today (26 October), boosting US access to critical minerals as China tightens controls on rare earths. Beijing this month announced sweeping restrictions on the rare earths industry, prompting Trump to threaten 100 per cent tariffs on imports from China in retaliation. […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian foreign minister warned his counterparts from Southeast Asia that the space for neutrality is shrinking in a region increasingly shaped by big power rivalry, as they mark US President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia since returning to the White House. The meeting on Saturday serves as a curtain-raiser for the annual […]
Read MoreTop economic officials from the United States and China ended their first day of talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (25 October), with a Treasury spokesperson describing them as “very constructive.” The world’s two largest economies are looking to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week between […]
Read MoreBy Aidan Jones and Joseph Sipalan A crackdown on a notorious Myanmar scam base is cosmetic and timed to appease world leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur this weekend, a senior security source has told This Week in Asia, as links between politicians and fraud empires threaten to embarrass Asean with US President Donald Trump flying […]
Read MoreThailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household Bureau said today (25 October). Sirikit had been out of the public eye since a stroke in 2012. The palace […]
Read MoreBy Jeoffrey Maitem Manila’s long-time ally, the United States, has launched a training programme aimed at strengthening the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) operational strategies and maritime law enforcement capabilities. The move, however, could deepen dependence on Washington under the guise of civilian capacity-building, according to some observers, who point to a familiar “pattern” inherent in […]
Read MoreLeaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their dialogue partners, including US President Donald Trump, will meet in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur from 26 to 28 October and are expected to tackle issues ranging from trade to global conflicts. Here is what to expect at the meeting. Trump, world leaders to […]
Read MoreA man in Singapore offered a woman S$5,000 (US$3,848) and a public apology after he was confronted with molesting her buttocks as he exited a lift with his wife. Chinese national Hu Guisheng, 39, was jailed for six days upon pleading guilty on Wednesday to one charge of outrage of modesty in the March 8 […]
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