Okinawa is enjoying an economic rebound thanks to some strong tourism numbers, according to Japan's Finance Ministry. Officials have upgraded their economic assessment for the southern island ...
‘My Body is Burning’: How Climate Change is Worsening Bangladesh’s Labor Exploitation
Climate Rights International's report paints a distressing portrait of what it describes as a crisis "unfolding at the intersection of climate change and labor exploitation." ...
Japan’s state-backed JIC to launch $5.4bn fund for big restructuring deals
TOKYO -- The state-backed Japan Investment Corp. will set up an 800 billion yen ($5.4 billion) fund as early as this year for sweeping business overhauls as Japanese companies log a record pace of ...
Indonesia’s FDI drop 6.95% y/y in Q2, biggest fall since 2020
Foreign direct investment into Indonesia dropped 6.95% in the second quarter from a year earlier to 202.2 trillion rupiah ($12.3 billion), investment ministry data showed on Tuesday, marking the ...
China trade talks underway: The ‘goalposts’ have shifted
Tariff talks between the US and China are winding down in Stockholm with expectations of a 90-day pause that would keep current rates in place and possibly pave the way for a Trump–Xi Jinping meeting ...
China trade talks underway: The ‘goalposts’ have shifted
Tariff talks between the US and China are winding down in Stockholm with expectations of a 90-day pause that would keep current rates in place and possibly pave the way for a Trump–Xi Jinping meeting ...
US, China tariff truce holds for now but US says Trump has final say
By David Lawder, Greta Rosen Fondahn and Maria Martinez STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to seek an extension of their 90-day tariff truce on Tuesday, following two days of talks ...
US, China tariff truce holds for now but US says Trump has final say
By David Lawder, Greta Rosen Fondahn and Maria Martinez STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to seek an extension of their 90-day tariff truce on Tuesday, following two days of talks ...
No tariff pause announced after US-China talks, with Trump set to make the ‘final call’
US and Chinese negotiators wrapped up two days of talks Tuesday without an immediate announcement of a further tariff delay between the world’s two largest economies, but US officials said that still ...
No tariff pause announced after US-China talks, with Trump set to make the ‘final call’
US and Chinese negotiators wrapped up two days of talks Tuesday without an immediate announcement of a further tariff delay between the world’s two largest economies, but US officials said that still ...