Trump tariffs

Trump has abandoned the vision of a tariff-free digital and high-tech economy. That raises serious concerns about the sustained technological leadership of the United States. 

The Chinese leader will this week visit Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia, where he will attempt to contrast China's steady economic engagement with the volatility of the current U.S. administration.

Tariffs alone cannot undo decades of offshoring. Without a complementary labor strategy and industrial policy in the United States, China's manufacturing advantage will remain intact.

The Trump administration claims that Vietnam's lopsided trade surplus with the U.S. has been inflated by fraudulently rerouted goods from China.

Could the growing economic turmoil encourage greater unity within the 10-nation regional bloc?

Trump started the trade war, but Asia’s response is what matters.

The tariffs will disrupt existing production networks and increase costs, while damaging Washington's image and relations with the region.

The U.S. president's indiscriminate tariff offensive has resolved a long-running debate about where the country's future lies.

Recent developments should draw attention to the moral costs of Rabuka’s decision to unreservedly embrace both Trump and Israel. 

If the bloc fails to prioritize human rights in its response to the coming economic turmoil, it will emerge more divided, more unequal, and less free.

If the Southeast Asian bloc is to navigate the current economic and geopolitical turbulence, it needs to think and act collectively.

Conducted around the time of President Donald Trump's inauguration, the survey has little to say about the turmoil now engulfing the globe.

Comments from President Trump and members of his inner circle have raised doubts about whether Washington is open to dialogue on the tariffs.

Trade between the U.S. and Kazakhstan is limited and heavily skewed toward energy, which has been exempt from the new tariffs.

The country’s economic response to the tariffs will be guided by its multilateral and diversified foreign policy approach.

India must work at making India great as opposed to bending over backwards to help Trump in Making America Great Again.

The tariffs imposed on China’s exporters will likely be paid by American consumers. 

New Delhi faces a difficult choice between attempting to ease tariffs through diplomatic channels or imposing counter-tariffs on U.S. goods.

Despite its high-decibel MAGA rhetoric, the administration has largely upheld the regional commitments made during Joe Biden's presidency.

The Asia Geopolitics podcast discusses the latest developments in Washington and their implications for Asia policy.

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