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Apr 3, 2025 - World

Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is ChinaAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsDeveloping nations in south-east Asia, including wartorn and earthquake-hit Myanmar, and several African nations are among the trading partners facing the highest tariffs set by Donald Trump.Upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war, the US president announced a raft of tariffs on Wednesday that he said were designed to stop the US economy from being “cheated”. Continue reading...

Apr 3, 2025 - World

Having awoken Thursday to news of a long-awaited and long-feared new U.S. tariff regime, key American allies in East Asia were stunned.

Apr 3, 2025 - World

President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday that shuts down a loophole Chinese shippers use to send low-value goods straight to U.S. consumers.

Apr 3, 2025 - World

Bulgaria’s government has survived a parliamentary vote of no-confidence brought by a pro-Russia political party over what it called a failure in the nation’s foreign policy

Apr 3, 2025 - World

Overnight strikes by Israel killed at least 55 people across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Thursday, a day after senior government officials said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and establish a new security corridor across the Palestinian territory.