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Will Trump tariffs accelerate supply chain diversification? We argue the impact will be quite the opposite. Investments will slow to a crawl amid skyrocketing uncertainty. open.substack.com/pub/asiade…
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Nikkei Asia@NikkeiAsiaOct 4
This was our most read opinion piece for the week. Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia s.nikkei.com/4echdCb
Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia

Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia

Tokyo's import dependence on Beijing has grown in some sectors despite diplomatic challenge

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Nikkei Asia@NikkeiAsiaSep 29
Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia s.nikkei.com/4z4sbSj
Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia

Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia

Tokyo's import dependence on Beijing has grown in some sectors despite diplomatic challenge

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Priyanka Kishore@Pri_KishoreSep 30
As diplomatic tensions between Tokyo and Beijing drag on, I examine what Southeast Asia can learn from Japan’s long-drawn efforts to derisk from China in my latest op-ed for @NikkeiAsia . Japan's experience offers a lesson, a warning and some guidance for SEA in my view.
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Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia s.nikkei.com/4z4sbSj
Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia

Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia

Tokyo's import dependence on Beijing has grown in some sectors despite diplomatic challenge

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In conversation with Radio RTHK on the Trump-Xi summit, mid-terms, rising yields and inflation rthk.hk/radio/radio3/program…
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A timely conversation on China's future growth strategy and its implications for the rest of the region at @Conferenceboard Asia's Reimagine Asia 2026: People and Business @AsiaDecoded
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A timely discussion with experts across the region on the impact of the continued closure of the Hormuz on households and businesses in Tokyo @KAS_Japan
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This week, KAS SOPAS gathered experts in Tokyo to examine the Strait of Hormuz crisis, energy security & shifting FDI. Glad to welcome Philip M.A. Hoffmann MdB for the seminar & local briefings! All info & 📸: kas.de/en/web/japan/veransta…
Sep 16, 2026, Seminar: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Implications for Trade, Supply Chains, and...

Sep 16, 2026, Seminar: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Implications for Trade, Supply Chains, and...

The seminar brought together policymakers, researchers, and business representatives to examine the economic and geopolitical implications of the Strait of Hormuz crisis.

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Priyanka Kishore@Pri_KishoreAug 27
China has recourse to more tools than tariffs if it choses to pressure ASEAN on US trade deals. It can quitely make it costlier for Chinese businesses to operate in Indonesia.
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Fulcrum Commentary by Luna Ge Lai and Maria Monica Wihardja - A new Indonesia-US agreement on reciprocal trade is likely to harm China’s interests. But China’s response has so far been restrained, even though it is not without remedies in its toolbox. fulcrum.sg/beijings-restrain…
Beijing’s Restraint on Indonesia-US Trade Deal Shows What Is Truly at Stake

Beijing’s Restraint on Indonesia-US Trade Deal Shows What Is Truly at Stake

A new Indonesia-US agreement on reciprocal trade is likely to harm China’s interests. But China’s response has so far been restrained, even though it is not without remedies in its toolbox.

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A bold move by Singapore to shore up its fertility rate and future human capital. Few countries have the fiscal firepower to match its latest child support package, that promises upto $70k for each child till 17 years. straitstimes.com/opinion/why… @jbhavan
singapore’s new child support policies and fertility push

singapore’s new child support policies and fertility push

Explore how Singapore's new child support policies aim to share parenting costs and encourage childbearing amid declining birth rates and societal challenges. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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From @andrewrsorkin’s book 1929. Reminds me a bit of the KOSPI crash: no-one knows what started it
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Why are investors cooling on India? @CapEconomics’ Shilan Shah unpacks the disconnect between India’s robust growth and weak foreign investments with @Pri_Kishore youtu.be/K_a3zzB9PjY?is=s4CJ…
Why Investors Are Cooling On India?

Why Investors Are Cooling On India?

Podcast with Shilan Shah, Deputy Chief EM Economist Capital Economi...

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Why are investors cooling on India? @CapEconomics’ Shilan Shah unpacks the disconnect between India’s robust growth and weak foreign investments with @Pri_Kishore youtu.be/K_a3zzB9PjY?is=s4CJ…
Why Investors Are Cooling On India?

Why Investors Are Cooling On India?

Podcast with Shilan Shah, Deputy Chief EM Economist Capital Economi...

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Vietnam, Philippines and Sri Lanka are now upper-middle income countries
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Vietnam, Philippines raised to World Bank’s upper-middle income status bit.ly/44bS6Kv
Vietnam, Philippines raised to World Bank’s upper-middle-income status

Vietnam, Philippines raised to World Bank’s upper-middle-income status

All five major South-east Asian economies, including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, are in that tier and above. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Priyanka Kishore@Pri_KishoreApr 19
It’s open it’s not 😏 A day after the country’s foreign minister announced that the strait was open, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on at least two commercial ships in the Gulf
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Rather than responding in kind, Asian economies grappling with US protectionism and Chinese excess capacity should focus on addressing the root causes of their own manufacturing weakness, @Pri_Kishore argues. bit.ly/4dy2GBi
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Faced with moderating demand in the West and a consumption slump at home, China has aggressively redirected exports to Asia as it has grappled with excess capacity, notes @Pri_Kishore. bit.ly/4dy2GBi
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The rise and rise of Vietnam
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Vietnam will be included in FTSE Russell’s secondary emerging markets group for the first time, propelling one of Asia’s fastest growing economies into the same league as China, India and Indonesia.
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The IMF's classification of the INR regime to a 'crawl-like arrangement' highlights the inherent conflict between how the RBI describes the exchange rate system and how it manages it, argue @Sasi_Gopalan11 and Ramkishen Rajan in a guest commentary open.substack.com/pub/asiade…
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Asian countries that have secured access to Strait of Hormuz China India Pakistan Bangladesh Malaysia Thailand Japan Philippines Traffic is still a small fraction of pre-war levels highlighting unpredictability of the arrangements
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Asia's Growth Risks Are Compounding

Asia's Growth Risks Are Compounding

The Middle East war is tightening energy supplies, worsening terms of trade, and narrowing the policy space to cushion the blow simultaneously. In the shor

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