Declaring an emergency would allow Trump to build a new tariff programme via the IEEPA law, which authorizes a president to manage imports during a national crisis

Foreign investors bought $26.6 billion worth of Asian equities in 2023, but last year they sold nearly $16 billion worth of equities in Taiwan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines

China's proposals could help it retain its 70% grip on global processing of lithium into the material needed to make EV batteries. It could also threaten expansion plans by groups such as CATL

BYD, Tesla, Li Auto and Nio have incentives to bolster sales on top of a state subsidy, at a time competition is so fierce only 3 carmakers are said to be profitable

Chinese companies have increased their extraction of rare earths from northern Myanmar by an "unprecedented" amount, a new report says

China's top chipmakers are still 10-15 years behind leading Western chipmakers because they cannot access EUV lithography machines, ASML's new CEO has said

Official data on Friday showed that industrial profits fell 7.3% in November from the same month last year, following a 10% drop in October

Investigation aims to counter 'unfair' practices and stymie China's plan to dominate global production of chips, US Trade Rep says. "Trump can decide" on possible fourth wave of chip tariffs

PM says Vietnam will start work on a high-speed rail link from Haiphong port to China, while the southern business hub Ho Chi Minh opens its first metro line

Taipei is looking to build communications resilience to prepare for the possibility of a Chinese invasion, similar to Ukraine's use of Starlink satellite broadband service

Myanmar's ruling junta is suppressing information about a troubling food crisis, which is affecting at least 14 million people, and is severe in western Rakhine State.

The US continues to impose sanctions on foreign companies for crimes, such as a mass cyberattack described as potentially deadly, plus Burmese firms aiding the Myanmar military's bombing of civilians