India remains on USTR's 'priority watch' list for IP rights violations, facing challenges in protection and enforcement. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia minister says LG to invest another $1.7 billion in battery factory
South Korea's LG group remains committed to Indonesia and will increase its investment in a battery cell factory by $1.7 billion, raising total investment in the project to $2.8 billion, Indonesia's ...
Indonesia’s Legal Turn: Protecting Free Speech from Defamation Risks
Indonesia's Constitutional Court partially granted a petition that restricts government and corporations from filing defamation complaints against critics. The ruling ensures defamation complaints can ...
Amnesty International Reports on Indonesia’s Declining Human Rights Protection
Amnesty International highlights the worsening human rights situation in Indonesia, which coincides with the increase in authoritarian practices.
New Tata plant starts iPhone production, Foxconn close behind as Apple looks to India, sources say
A new plant making iPhones in southern India has started production and another will begin shipments in May, as Apple looks to boost manufacturing beyond its tariff-hit main manufacturing hub, China, ...
US tariffs could cost China 5–10 million jobs, ‘onus’ on Beijing, Bessent says
The administration later walked back its initial proposal, and announced April 9 it would immediately hike tariffs on Chinese goods to 145%, but scale back reciprocal tariffs on other countries for 90 ...
How China Armed Itself for the Trade War
The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize Chinese society and threaten the Chinese Communist Party’s monopoly on power ...
Exclusive: China waives tariffs on US ethane imports, sources say
China has waived the 125% tariff on ethane imports from the United States imposed earlier this month, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
Plunging U.S. imports from China could lead to shortages, experts warn
The drop-off in shipments could lead to empty store shelves this summer as retailers deem China-made goods too expensive to import.
POLL Bank of Thailand to cut rates on April 30 as US tariffs weigh on growth outlook
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is set to cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday to support slowing economic growth, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said U.S.