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HONG KONG (April 10): After predicting a “very difficult” encounter with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Donald Trump emerged from their first meeting hailing “an outstanding relationship” between chiefs of the world’s biggest economies.

MANILA (March 14): Efforts to salvage a blockbuster Pacific trade deal are struggling against waning enthusiasm from participants such as Malaysia, lowering expectations for a meeting of officials this week in Chile.

SINGAPORE (March 7): Since his entry into the Oval Office, Donald Trump seems to have cooled quite a bit in comparison to the feisty promises and threats he made during the US presidential campaign and his first month in office.

SINGAPORE (Feb 13): Indonesia has been and remains a good story among large emerging economies. However, the news flow has fallen a tad short of expectations of late. Indonesia’s economy grew about 5% in 2016, rising from 4.8% in 2015 but below the 6%-t

WASHINGTON (Jan 24): President Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from a long-planned trade deal with Pacific Rim nations creates a political and economic vacuum that China is eager to fill, offering a boost for beleaguered US manufacturing regions while

SINGAPORE (Jan 23): US president Donald Trump’s focus on “America First” during his inauguration speech is set to threaten the free trade and regional security Asia currently enjoys.

TOKYO (Jan 16): Japan's core machinery orders fell in November at the fastest pace in seven months in a sign that some companies may be turning cautious about capital expenditure because of uncertainty over domestic and overseas demand for goods and s

(Dec 11): China is embracing Southeast Asia with a renewed trade and investment push, a trend that’s set to accelerate as the region grapples with the prospect of a more protectionist US under Donald Trump.

LIMA, PERU (Nov 21): Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific nations ended their annual summit Sunday with a call to resist protectionism amid signs of increased free-trade skepticism, highlighted by the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election.

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): If Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric is to be taken as a signal of what Americans want and what he plans to do, then the biggest worry is likely trade.