Washington Lets USMCA Slide Into Annual Reviews – And Reshapes the Hemisphere’s Trade Map
Washington declined to renew USMCA, triggering a decade of annual reviews. What the tariff standoff means for Mexico, Canada and...
July 2, 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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The Oil Dividend: How a Falling Oil Price Redraws Inflation
A crude price sliding from around one hundred dollars toward seventy is quietly redrawing the world inflation map, easing importers...
July 2, 2026
Japan’s Confidence Puzzle: Sentiment Up, Profits Down
Japanese business confidence just hit a multi-decade high even as the same firms expect profits to fall, a gap that...
July 2, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: the new quarter opened and the first readings arrived — Japan's business mood rose for...
July 1, 2026
Inflation Is Creeping Back in 2026, and It Isn’t Hitting Everyone Equally
Inflation is not fading on a single global tide; an energy shock has pushed prices back up unevenly, and the...
July 1, 2026
The Two-Speed World: How AI and Oil Decided Who Grew This Quarter
Quarter-end data across China, Canada, the United States and the Philippines exposed one dividing line, where growth now runs on...
July 1, 2026
Courts and Central Banks Made the Week’s Biggest Calls, Not Voters
On one Tuesday, courts, central banks and statisticians handed down verdicts across four continents, exposing how modern states now govern...
July 1, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: the quarter closed and the data told the truth — China's factory gauge rose only...
June 30, 2026
Asia Builds, Europe Pays: Two Models of the State
Asia's governments engineer the future while Europe's pay for the past: two models of the state tested in a single...
June 29, 2026