US President is drafting an executive order that will set up a Maritime Security Trust Fund as a funding source and create shipbuilding incentives through tax credits, grants and loans

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Taiwanese officials maintain TSMC won’t begin producing 2nm chips the US before 2028 amid concern that the chipmaker could lose its geopolitical importance

Crackdowns on scam centres near Thailand's borders with Myanmar and Cambodia led to the rescue of 7,200 people - and warnings of the threat they pose to countries in the West

Japan's second-largest carmaker planned to make the next-generation Civic in Mexico, but sources now say it will be made in Indiana to avoid US tariffs

World stocks were on track for their worst week since mid-December, slumping more than 2% as threats of sweeping US tariffs unnerved investors

Beijing defends its drug policies and vows retaliation after Trump says he'll impose an extra 10% tariff for insufficient progress on curbing the flow of fentanyl

Carmakers such as Toyota have been discussing 'End of Life vehicle schemes' with Thai officials to reduce old cars to help lift the sector out of a slump

Sales of $7 billion worth of Chinese steel, processed by third countries and sold to the US, are at risk because of a wave of tariffs imposed by the US and many other countries

The FBI and blockchain analysts say a hacking unit backed by North Korea was behind the massive ByBit crypto heist that occurred last week

“Us self-claiming some AGI milestone, that's just nonsensical benchmark hacking to me. The real benchmark is: the world growing at 10%"

The move aims to counter China's growing domination of the global shipbuilding and logistics – and encourage US shipyards to build more vessels.