Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief July 10 — Asia's July 10 news: Yoon Suk-yeol's sentence finalised, Guangxi floods trap thousands, Typhoon Bavi...
July 10, 2026Section
Asia Trade & Geopolitics
Asia-Pacific is the main stage of US-China rivalry – over trade, tariffs, technology, Taiwan and the sea lanes that carry global commerce. The Rio Times covers the trade fights, alliances and great-power maneuvering across the region, and how each turn reshapes the terms of trade for the Global South, Latin America included.
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Vietnam Just Passed Mexico as America’s Biggest Trade Gap
Vietnam overtook Mexico in the US trade deficit for May, and Taiwan now outranks China. Washington is arguing over a...
July 10, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief July 9: South Korea seals Yoon's sentence, oil surges as the Iran ceasefire collapses, and a super...
July 9, 2026
The Oil Shock Nobody Wanted: How a Broken Ceasefire in the Gulf Reaches From Jakarta to Brasília
The US-Iran ceasefire collapse and Iran's Strait of Hormuz threat push Brent to $78, jolting Asia, Europe and Latin America...
July 9, 2026
The Strait That Divides the World: How One Sea Lane Split the Global Economy in Two
The Iran ceasefire's collapse and tanker strikes near Hormuz spiked oil and cut IMF growth to 3% - but the...
July 8, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief — Korea's market crashes on chip fears, US strikes on Iran lift oil, Japan's beef bowl costs...
July 8, 2026
One Old Railway, Two Superpowers, and the Fight for the Metals That Run the Future
Angola's Lobito rail wins fresh funding as Washington and Beijing fight for Africa's cobalt and copper. What it means for...
July 8, 2026
The Ceasefire Breaks, the Oil Shock Returns, and the World Feels It All at Once
Trump calls the Iran ceasefire 'over' after tanker attacks near Hormuz. Oil jumps 6%, markets tumble, and Latin America splits...
July 8, 2026
Samsung’s Record Profit, Korea’s Sixth Crash: The AI Memory Reckoning Reaches Latin America
Samsung posted the biggest profit in tech history as Korea's market crashed. Inside the AI memory supercycle and what it...
July 7, 2026