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With oil near $100, currencies in free fall and inflation biting hard, Asia was already reeling before Trump found a new tariff tool
Water wars washing away South Asia’s fragile peace
Six decades of water cooperation are giving way to surging water nationalism โ a shift that is fast weaponizing the region’s rivers
Sino-West trade strains deepen on new tariffs and rules
US forced-labor tariffs and EU industrial and cybersecurity laws put the squeeze on China, stoking fears of a full-blown trade war
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A record Chinese trade surplus and cheap exports are pushing the EU toward a historic confrontation with Beijing


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