Beijing’s WTO ambassador hit out at Washington after it emerged the US was appealing against a ruling over metal tariffs

Investor mood was boosted by consumer spending data from the United States and bets the Fed will slow down its rate hike programme

The global lender had only last year suggested the central bank maintain its ultra-loose policy to support Japan's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic

The Japanese car and bike firm is bidding to catch up with US and European rivals and also get ahead of domestic competitors like Toyota and Mazda

Hong Kong was playing catch-up after a three-day Lunar New Year break while Tokyo was edgy ahead of the latest GDP figures out of the States

Pakistan’s energy minister blamed network under-investment for the power outage, the country’s second major breakdown in months

Chinese battery giant CATL is part of a consortium picked to help the South American country develop its huge lithium reserves

Tokyo’s benchmark index hit a one-month high with investors in positive mood ahead of a big earnings week in the US

Bangkok is expecting at least five million Chinese tourist arrivals this year – still less than half of their pre-pandemic numbers

Luxury spending by Chinese nationals dipped from 33% of the worldwide personal luxury goods market in 2019 to 17% last year

Japan’s indexes followed in the slipstream of US markets which were buoyed by Fed chiefs signalling that inflation was cooling

Washington had expected the Netherlands to follow suit after it imposed China export restrictions on its own chip equipment companies last year but The Hague is drafting up its own response