Southeast Asia

India Seeks Long-Term Critical Mineral Partnerships with Chile and Peru Amid Supply Risks

India is racing to lock in long-term copper and rare earth supplies as its factories, power grids, and electric vehicle...

July 15, 2025

U.S. Pauses Proposed 32 % Tariff on Indonesian Goods Pending Energy Purchase Talks

On 15 July, the U.S. administration suspended plans to apply a 32 % tariff on imports from Indonesia after Jakarta...

July 15, 2025

BRICS Bank Approves Nearly $7 Billion for Brazil, with India Leading in Total Financing

The New Development Bank has approved nearly $7 billion for 29 projects in Brazil since 2015. Here is where the...

July 6, 2025

Trump Strikes Major Trade Deal with Vietnam, Raising Tariffs but Opening Markets

President Donald Trump has announced a new trade deal with Vietnam, just before higher tariffs on Vietnamese goods were set...

July 2, 2025

ASEAN’s Middleman Gambit: Supplying Factories, Not Stores, in the Tariff Era

Southeast Asia is scrambling to reroute $827 billion in annual trade through China and Gulf states—not to sell finished goods

May 27, 2025

Yield Hunters Propel EM Currencies to Sixth Straight Weekly Win Against Weakening Dollar

Emerging market currencies marked their sixth consecutive week of gains, fueled by a retreating US dollar and shifting capital flows...

May 25, 2025

China Secures New Markets as ASEAN 3.0 Deal Opens Floodgates for Exports

China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have concluded negotiations on Version 3.0 of their Free Trade

May 21, 2025

Singapore Voters Choose Stability as PAP Secures Overwhelming Victory

Singapore Voters Choose Stability as PAP Secures Overwhelming Victory. Latest coverage and expert analysis from The Rio Times.

May 4, 2025

U.S. Slaps Massive 3,521% Tariffs on Asian Solar Panels in Trade Showdown

The US Department of Commerce announced on April 21, 2025, that it will impose tariffs as high as 3,521% on...

April 22, 2025