The Thai government plans to build small dams to contain heavy metals in several northern rivers poisoned by unregulated gold mining on land controlled by ethnic groups in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State

China's industrial and retail sectors slowed in April, while air freight capacity between China and the US plunged after the US closed the 'de minimus' tax exemption

Analysts say countries in Southeast Asia like Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, plus Mexico, who are part of the China-plus-one supply chain, will need to make better deals with Washington. 

Beijing has grown increasingly alarmed about the impact of US tariffs on the economy and the risk of isolation as other countries started negotiating deals with Washington

Second quarter steel shipments are expected to plunge by about 20-30% after the US imposed a 25% tariff in March and other countries involved in trans-shipment followed suit

China's most successful carmaker is eyeing major growth from plants it is building in Europe and South America, and hopes to have half its sales overseas by 2030

Trump administration officials are looking to dump the tiered approach to access to advanced chips and shift to a global licensing regime with government-to-government agreements, sources say

US Treasury hits a militia linked to Myanmar's military regime for enabling huge scam operations in its region, days after announcing a ban on dealings with a financial group in Cambodia

The Rockefeller Foundation's Coal to Clean Credits Initiative aims to use carbon finance to help close coal plants earlier than scheduled and replace them with renewable power

Lawmaker says technology to track chips is readily available, while there is bipartisan support for requiring companies like Nvidia to build location-tracking into their high-powered AI chips

Asian currencies have surged on the back of a wave of dollar selling, which suggests regional investors are baulking at the long trend of investing in US assets

Two factors seen to have helped the Labor Party's strong victory were concern about Trump's tariff policies and Republican support for his conservative rivals.