Southeast Asia has been particularly hard hit. Vietnam is looking at a 46 percent tariff, Thailand 36 percent, and Indonesia 32 percent. Cambodia and Laos will see tariffs of nearly 50 percent.

However, Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs, announced on 2 April, have hit Southeast Asia particularly hard, throwing countries’ short-term economic plans into disarray, undermining the basis of ...

Global technology giants are cautiously optimistic about Southeast Asia’s autonomous driving market. First, e-commerce growth, which reached US$159 billion in 2024 – is straining logistics networks ...

Don’t get me wrong—Southeast Asia is incredible. The beaches, the food, the friendly locals, the slower pace of life—it’s all very appealing to someone from the West, especially if you ...

The rest of Southeast Asia – which maintains over 60 GW of operating coal plant capacity – has seen stalled coal projects far outpacing new proposals since 2016. But GEM pointed out that alternative ...

This vision resonates deeply with many across Southeast Asia. It signals that Australia understands its place not as an external power, but as an integral part of the regional community. It suggests a ...

Tourism industry can serve as an economic defense tool helping Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, mitigate negative impacts caused by U.S. reciprocal tariffs, Indonesian Minister of ...

Malaysia, Southeast Asia's third-largest economy, was hit with a lower tariff of 24 percent. Like the other ASEAN members, Kuala Lumpur has said it will not introduce retaliatory actions against ...

a reverse of last year’s aggregated results—according to the latest State of Southeast Asia Survey Report by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, a Singapore-based think tank, published Thursday. That was ...

Over 2,700 people are dead following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Southeast Asia. The quake's epicenter was in Myanmar. It was also followed by a strong aftershock. BANGKOK - The death toll in an ...

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