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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks with other participants at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington on Wednesday.

BUSINESS / Economy

Apr 16, 2026

Markets are too nonchalant about Iran war’s economic toll, policymakers warn

While oil prices have soared, the full extent of the pain from what the IEA has called the biggest energy shock the world has ever seen has yet to be felt.

A MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter departs from the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday while supporting Operation Epic Fury.

WORLD / Politics

Mar 5, 2026

U.S. insiders see Iran war hurting China-backed ‘Axis of Chaos’

That theory — popularized by Matt Pottinger — places China at the center of a deepening partnership with countries such as Russia, Iran and North Korea.

President Trump speaks during a news conference in the White House in Washington on Friday.

BUSINESS

Feb 23, 2026

Trump pegs new tariffs to a payments crisis experts doubt exists

Most economists don’t believe there is enough evidence that the U.S. can’t pay its bills or meet obligations to international investors.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in November 2017.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS

Oct 6, 2025

China hawks grow queasy over Trump’s push for deals with Beijing

As Trump pursues a trade pact with the U.S.’s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they’re being sidelined inside the administration.

People attend a protest following U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran on Sunday.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jun 23, 2025

U.S. strikes on Iran come at fragile moment for the global economy

The biggest economic impact from a prolonged conflict in the Middle East would likely be felt via surging oil prices.

U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Thursday

BUSINESS

Apr 18, 2025

Trump’s tariff policies are hurting the businesses he’s trying to help

Some firms are putting hiring and expansion plans on hold while they come up with short-term plans to cope with the tariffs.

People walk through an Apple Store in Hong Kong on Friday.

BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS

Apr 13, 2025

Apple was on brink of crisis before tariff concession from Trump

Donald Trump’s 125% tariffs on goods produced in China threatened to upend its supply chain as seriously as the COVID-19 snarls did five years ago.

The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump "has a spine of steel and will not break.”

BUSINESS / Economy

Apr 10, 2025

Trump shock pushes U.S. and China toward decoupling cliff edge

Trump’s 120% tariffs on Chinese goods and Beijing’s determination to fight back in kind mean a seismic cleavage is rapidly becoming a reality.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday. Trump said tariffs could be imposed on Canadian dairy and lumber products within days, in a growing trade war with the United States' northern neighbor.

BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS

Mar 8, 2025

Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff strategy sows confusion

Hasty announcements have injected chaos into the economy and financial markets, casting doubts about the White House’s trade strategy.

An attendee records a virtual address by U.S. President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23.

WORLD / Politics

Jan 30, 2025

Trump threats risk stretching Europe’s fragile unity to breaking point

The European Commission urged member states in a private meeting last week to remain united, with some comparing the situation to the Brexit negotiations.

Shipments from China to the U.S. are increasingly making a pit stop in third countries such as Vietnam and Mexico.

BUSINESS

Feb 6, 2024

Biden wins U.S.-China trade war by Trump’s pet metric, but does it count?

Figures due Wednesday are set to show the U.S. deficit in goods trade with China in 2023 at its lowest annual level since 2010.

Shipping containers near the train station near the China–Laos border in Boten, Laos, on June 29. The Global Times, a newspaper backed by the China’s Communist Party, said the railway “connects hearts” and promotes development.

BUSINESS / Economy

Nov 7, 2023

China revamps lending to Global South as U.S. narrows spending gap

Beijing is moving away from the big bilateral deals in favor of collaborative lending that reduces its exposure to financial risk, a new report says.

Visitors inspect a BYD electric sedan at a motor show in Munich

BUSINESS / Companies

Sep 14, 2023

Did Europe just start a trade war with China over electric cars?

The EU launched a probe into Beijing’s financial support for the EV industry amid fears that Chinese exports are putting auto jobs at risk.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is seen on a screen during a video address for the Global Trade in Services Summit, at the media center for the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Saturday.

BUSINESS / Economy

Sep 2, 2023

The U.S., allies see opportunity and risk in slowing China economy

The U.S. and other G7 nations increasingly see evidence of deep-seated structural problems that ultimately will strengthen the West’s hand.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Apr 14, 2023

China left out of Sri Lanka debt talks amid angst over delays

Finance chiefs from India, Japan and the Paris Club of sovereign creditors held a joint briefing in Washington with the International Monetary Fund to mark the start of the restructuring.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Economy

Apr 21, 2022

Hunger and blackouts are just the start of an emerging economic crisis

Compounding the danger is the most aggressive monetary tightening campaign the Federal Reserve has embarked on in two decades.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jan 10, 2022

Sick absences due to omicron pose fresh test to U.S. economic strength

Even if the hit is temporary, as most anticipate, the disruptions and closures are likely to slow the fragile rebound in some sectors and weigh on businesses’ future plans.

Japan Times

WORLD / ANALYSIS

Jun 30, 2019

Huawei lifeline shows Trump prefers business deals over trade war

In recent weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of security hawks in Congress for suggesting he could trade away his blacklisting of Huawei Technologies Co. to secure a trade deal with China.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / FOCUS

Feb 5, 2019

U.S. trade hawks quietly seethe as fears grow of Trump falling short in row with China

One of Donald Trump’s most persistent economic promises as president has been to rewrite the U.S. relationship with China. Yet as he approaches a potential deal, some of the very hawks who have cheered on his trade war already fear he may end up falling short.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jan 21, 2019

U.S.-China trade talks making scant progress on make-or-break intellectual property problem

Ever since negotiators from the United States and China sat down in Beijing after a Christmas meltdown in global markets, Donald Trump has sought to calm investors and claim his trade talks are making great strides. But that glosses over a more uncomfortable reality.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

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