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Trump’s 15% tariff locks in US volatility risk for Asia

Asia cannot afford to treat President Donald Trump’s new 15% tariff as background noise. Markets have already delivered a verdict on the tone of this decision. Gold jumped to US$5,133 a troy ounce. The dollar slipped as investors absorbed the implications of a Supreme Court

Writer Feng Jicai explains the Chinese Lunar New Year

For many Western readers, the Chinese Spring Festival may appear as little more than red lanterns, fireworks and family gatherings. Yet within Chinese culture it is in fact the Chinese New Year — the beginning of a new cycle of time, a cultural river flowing unbroken for

Asia braces for Trump’s tariff Plan B and dollar Plan C

TOKYO — Asia has spent the few days since the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s tariffs bracing for what might come next from the most mercantilist White House in 125 years. On Friday, the court ruled against the US president’s claim that the International Emergency