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Asean must grab its rare-earth shot
News, Imran Khalid, Published on 22/11/2025
» US President Donald Trump's return to Southeast Asia last month felt like a rerun -- tariffs, tough talk, and televised deals. But this time, he left behind more than headlines. From Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi, Mr Trump inked trade pacts promising tariff relief on US exports in exchange for joint ventures in mining and refining the rare-earth minerals that power the world's clean-tech boom.
Poor grades
Postbag, Published on 15/12/2024
» Re: "SET lacks catalysts until year-end", (Business, Dec 14).
Will the new industrial policy work?
News, Keun Lee, Published on 27/02/2023
» Industrial policy has returned to government agendas across the developed and developing world. While the US Inflation Reduction Act has shocked America's Asian and European trading partners, the Biden administration's signature climate-change legislation is just the latest in a series of recent policies that seemingly fly in the face of World Trade Organization rules.
Working from home spurs 'right to disconnect'
Oped, Umberto Bacchi, Published on 30/04/2021
» A few weeks into Italy's first coronavirus lockdown in March last year, Andrea Pestarino started setting a 5.30pm alarm as a reminder it was time to turn off his laptop and go play football with his kids in the garden.
'Built to burn'
News, Postbag, Published on 18/04/2019
» Re: "#Pray for Notre Dame", (BP, April 16). I join the rest of the world in weeping for the disastrous Notre Dame fire -- but The New York Times reported that Vincent Dunn, a fire consultant and former New York City fire chief, said "These cathedrals and houses of worship are built to burn. If they weren't houses of worship, they'd be condemned."
Harley, Trump and Thailand's big trade gamble
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 18/07/2018
» Democracies look to voters for validation of their economic policies. For Thailand's military junta, the affirmation is coming from Beijing, bankers and the likes of Harley-Davidson Inc.