Lionel Lim

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  • China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shake hands at the end of an Exchange of Agreement session at the official residence of the prime minister in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, on April 16, 2025. (Photo by FAZRY ISMAIL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by FAZRY ISMAIL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Xi Jinping’s jaunt through Southeast Asia is ‘a reassurance and a warning’ to trading partners as the region is caught between the U.S. and China

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  • A machine etches solar cells at the Hanwha Q Cells solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Once a stronghold of the conservative South, Georgia has emerged as both a hub of so-called cleantech manufacturing and a political swing state. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    The U.S. slaps even more tariffs on Southeast Asia, as solar panels get antidumping duties that go as high as 3,521%

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  • ISTANBUL, TURKEY – 2024/04/26: Model Halima Aden (L) seen with Linda Anggrea (R), CEO of Buttonscarves walking the runway at the Buttonscarves fashion show during the second day of the Istanbul Modest Fashion Week 2024 in Fisekhane Gallery. (Photo by Valeria Ferraro/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Magazine

    Southeast Asia’s Muslim market comes of age—and authenticity is in

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  • HSINCHU, TAIWAN – APRIL 16: A man walks past the logo of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 16, 2025. The United States President Donald Trump’s administration has confirmed that tariffs on semiconductors and some other technology products will ‘take place in the very near future’. With tariffs and export restrictions expected to be implemented by the American government, electronic products such as iPhone, smartphones, tablet, computer and other digital devices requiring advanced microchips, as well as such global supply chain are likely to be affected. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)Tech

    TSMC isn’t worried about Trump’s trade uncertainty as it reports 60% growth in quarterly profit

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14: U.S. President Donald Trump smiles as he meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Bukele were expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues including the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who has been held in a prison in El Salvador since March 15. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump touts ‘big progress’ in talks with Japan, one of the first countries trying to get a tariff reprieve

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  • SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 18: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address during the Nvidia GTC 2025 at SAP Center on March 18, 2025 in San Jose, California. The annual Nvidia GTC conference runs through March 20th. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Tech

    Nvidia takes a $5.5 billion hit from a new Trump ban that could also hasten China’s push to make its own chips

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    Trump grumbles about China’s ‘lovely meeting’ with Vietnam, saying they’re discussing how to ‘screw the United States of America’

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  • A robot from Delta Electronics Thailand’s industrial automation solution lineup.Leadership

    The CEO of one of Thailand’s leading manufacturers says his customers are rushing to stock up during Trump’s tariff pause

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  • Vietnam’s General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam (C) and China’s President Xi Jinping (R) review the guard of honour during a ceremonial welcome at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on April 14, 2025. Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that protectionism “leads nowhere” and that a trade war would have “no winners”, state media said, as he arrived in Vietnam on April 14 on the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour. (Photo by LUONG THAI LINH / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUONG THAI LINH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Chinese President Xi Jinping kick-starts his 3-nation Southeast Asia tour as Trump flip-flops on tariffs

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  • Vietnamese garment factory workers stitch apparels at a factory in Ho Chi Minh City on April 3, 2025 after US President unveiled sweeping new tariffs on trading partners. Shares in Hanoi tumbled more than five percent on April 3, 2025 after Vietnam was hammered with huge tariffs of 46 percent as part of Donald Trump’s global trade blitz. (Photo by Huu Kha / AFP) (Photo by HUU KHA/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump advisors argue steep tariffs on countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are needed to erase trade deficits and rework supply chains. The economics say that’s going to be a long shot

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Politics

    ‘China plus one’ bets unravel as Southeast Asian economies get steep ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

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  • BANGKOK, THAILAND – APRIL 02: Thai search and rescue teams work to recover victims of the construction building collapse on April 02, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Rescue efforts are ongoing at the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district, where a 30-story structure crumbled following Friday’s powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar. The quake, which caused widespread destruction across Southeast Asia, has claimed at least 18 lives in Bangkok and over 1,600 in Myanmar, with dozens still missing under the rubble. Rescuers face significant challenges, including aftershocks and structural instability, as they race against time to locate survivors amidst the debris. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)Politics

    Thai authorities accuse developers of using substandard steel for a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed during an earthquake

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  • Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Ishiba, whose popularity has sagged due in part to frustration over soaring costs of living, has pledged price relief measures to ease the impact of inflation on consumers by drawing on policies in the current and upcoming fiscal year budgets. Photographer: Nicolas Datiche/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Asia tries to prepare for Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ wave of new tariffs: ‘We’re working on this matter nonstop, even on weekends’

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  • The BYD Seal 5 from Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD is pictured at the 2025 Bangkok International Motor Show at the Impact Arena convention venue in Bangkok on March 24, 2025. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP) (Photo by CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    BYD outshines Tesla on total revenue—but there’s still some way to go before it takes Tesla’s place at the top of the EV sector

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  • Chung Euisun, chairman of Hyundai, speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025. US President Donald Trump celebrated plans by Hyundai Motor Co. to mount a significant expansion in the US, casting it as a vindication of his administration’s use of tariffs to pressure foreign manufacturers to create American jobs. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Hyundai announces $21 billion investment in the U.S. ahead of Trump’s sweeping tariff threat

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