Japanese leaders say trade group would need to assess if China can meet its 'extremely high standards', while China's state media claims the move would put 'overwhelming pressure' on the US to rejoin the trade pact

Asia will transition from lockdowns to living with the pandemic by year-end, and by the end of 2022 will be a growth outperformer, Morgan Stanley says

Chinese expansion drives regional investment into real assets but new Covid variant and Beijing's strong-arm measures cloud future prospects, Morgan Stanley report says

Pandemic-related supply disruptions and falling consumption also hit the region’s export giants Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

  (AF) The US-based private equity group Carlyle has offered $3 billion (Rs.225bn) to acquire Hexaware Technologies from its PE...

• ADB and governments plan public-private buyout of coal plants • Plants to be shut over 15 years to allow...

• Growth estimate for East Asia and Pacific (ex-China) cut to 4% this year; • China likely to grow at...

Thai renewables utility GPSC buys 41.6% stake in Avaada Energy in India State utility boosts its renewable capacity to 2,145...

The Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan, saw $640 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2021,...

South Korea says it has capacity, raw materials and skilled staff at local pharmaceutical companies to immediately produce a large...