[Analytics] ASEAN needs bigger voice in US-China rivalry
As the US-China relationship has morphed from uneasy cooperation to uneasy rivalry, the leading Association…
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The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
Donald Trump impeachment: House votes to formalise inquiry
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 31, 2019, BBC. The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution…
N. Korea fires two short-range projectiles toward East Sea: Joint Chiefs of Staff
SEOUL, Oct 31, 2019, Yonhap. North Korea fired two short-range projectiles from a western region…
[Analytics] Trade war: China and US to hold phone talks on Friday after APEC setback
Chile pulls out of hosting Apec summit, at which Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump…
APEC secretariat backs Chile for cancelling meet, looks ahead to Malaysia as 2020 host
IPOH, Oct 31, 2019, Malay Mail. The Apec secretariat expressed support today for Chile’s decision…
Malaysia only on watchlist, not labelled US currency manipulator: Finance Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31, 2019, Bernama. Malaysia has only been included on a watchlist for…
[Analytics] The India advantage: why China’s tech workforce can’t gain traction in Silicon Valley
Chinese companies and executives are facing resistance in the US as distrust of Beijing’s objectives…
Trump claimed S. Korea was ‘major abuser,’ had to pay $60B to U.S.: memoir
WASHINGTON, Oct 30, 2019, Yonhap. U.S. President Donald Trump called South Korea a “major abuser”…
Thai Labour minister calls meeting after U.S. GSP cut
BANGKOK, Oct 29, 2019, NNT. The decision by the U.S. to suspend Generalized System of…
Russian national Butina, released from US jail, returns to hometown in Siberia
BARNAUL, Oct 29, 2019, TASS. Russian citizen Maria Butina, who was earlier released from a…
[Analytics] Ill ease of doing business rising across Asia
Asian governments appear increasingly reluctant to implement the kind of pro-business reforms that could help…
Thai fisheries seek new markets to offset GSP suspension
BANGKOK, Oct 28, 2019, The Nation. The president of Fisheries Association of Thai Songkhla province,…