Judges sharply question whether the president has the right to impose global tariffs without the backing of Congress. An adverse ruling likely means more confusion and possibly a messy refund process, analysts say

Chinese regulators have banned the use of foreign chips in data centres supported by state funds, saying they must only use locally-made computer chips, sources say.

America's top court will hear the fight against Trump's tariffs this week; an adverse ruling could be messy, but analysts say he would just use other avenues to achieve the same goal

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission will relax rules to allow locally licensed virtual asset trading platforms to share global order books with affiliates overseas

Trump says 'amazing' Busan summit rated 12 out of 10. The two sides agreed to lift agricultural trade, pause port fees and deal with issues in the US TikTok sale

Satellite data has revealed a swag of rare earth mines in Laos, near tributaries that flow into the Mekong, spurring fears of an environmental crisis for Asia's third biggest river

The US is racing to establish a rare earth supply chain separate from China following Beijing’s increasingly aggressive moves to restrict its exports of rare earths to the country

Trump signed a flurry of deals on his visit to the ASEAN summit on Sunday, but there is concern already that the trade agreement with China will only cover a handful of key concerns

Two Asian markets hit record levels on Monday, while Chinese stocks roseto their highest in over a decade amid optimism of a US-China trade deal

The news spotlight will focus on Malaysia this weekend, for the latest tariff talks, another episode of 'Trump the Peacemaker' and key issues for Southeast Asian nations and global heavyweights

Trade officials from the US and China will meet in Kuala Lumpur this weekend to try to reach a trade deal that allows their leaders to meet in Seoul next week.

Japan is looking to buy US pickups, soybeans and gas, when Sanae Takaichi meets Trump for trade and security talks next week, sources have said