Speaker Kevin McCarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to Taiwan after meeting President Tsai in California, while Taiwanese officials monitor a Chinese carrier near the island

The Apple iPhone manufacturer said it was bracing itself for a sales slump despite record revenue in the first quarter of the year

Analysts say Samsung’s chip division likely reported quarterly losses of more than $2.3 billion due to falling memory chip prices and lower inventory values

China's consulate in Los Angeles said the meeting was "a political show" that would affect the political foundation of Sino-US ties

Petronas will proceed with a project in Kasawari gasfield off Borneo Island as it is in local waters, but Malaysia "is open to negotiations" with China, new PM said

Japan has seen its share of the global microchip market crash from 50% in the late 1980s to around 10% now

Deals above the $60-a-barrel cap were allowed by the US, as Japan relied heavily on energy imports; they were "relatively small" and came mainly from the Sakhalin-2 project

The semiconductor sector’s troubles were also blamed for the decrease with the Asian powerhouse a major global tech player

Increasing oil deals between the two countries have already begun to corrode the US dollar’s long-running dominance in energy trade

The move to join the CPTPP will deepen Britain's ties with Japan and several of the rising economies in Southeast Asia – Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore.

"External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world," Tsai said on Wednesday before flying to the US, where she could meet Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Group's shares jump 16% after similar rise in the US; Hang Seng Index lifted by speculation China's regulatory crackdown is ending and talk of IPOs from Alibaba hiving off business units