ANA President Osamu Shinobe sports a sombrero at the opening ceremony for the airline's new Narita-Mexico City route.
Business

ANA launches service to Mexico City

Airline seeing no impact from protectionist bent in US

16 February 2017
This scene is from Mazda Motor's factory in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
Business

Multinationals in bind over 'America First'

Trump has thrown the global business landscape into tumult

15 February 2017
Workers picket just outside the Escondida mine, in Chile. Their strike is expected to be a long one.
Commodities

Strike, export ban push copper prices to 20-month high

Market expects benchmark price to reach beyond the $6,500 mark

14 February 2017
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Business

Kirin to exit Brazil, sell business to Heineken

Japanese beverage company prioritizes Southeast Asia, plans Myanmar buy

14 February 2017
The four Pacific Alliance leaders display their unity during a summit in Chile in July 2016.
Economy

Trump may be boon to Pacific Alliance

The US president's wall could end up strengthening Latin America

10 February 2017
A worker assembles a car at a Mazda plant in Mexico.
Economy

Mazda, Subaru brace for Trump's trade policies

Smaller automakers more exposed due to limited US production

6 February 2017
Carlos Ghosn, left, after being transferred to Brazil
Business

Turbulence and triumph in Brazil

A transfer across the Atlantic sees Ghosn hone his reform chops

2 February 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump shows the Executive Order withdrawing the country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the White House in Washington on Jan. 23.
Politics

A US-less TPP leaves China to set Asia's trade rules

Remaining signatories scramble for alternatives as Trump pulls out of trade pact

2 February 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump shows the Executive Order withdrawing the country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the White House in Washington on Jan. 23.
The Trump effect

A US-less TPP leaves China to set Asia's trade rules

Remaining signatories scramble for alternatives as Trump pulls out of trade pact

1 February 2017
A map illustrating the ancient Silk Road and Beijing's modern-day versions is displayed at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong in January last year.
Politics

China can evoke old Latin-American ties to bypass US order

After the Silk Road, the trans-Pacific trade route sustained world economies

1 February 2017
Carlos Ghosn carries the torch for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
My Personal History: Carlos Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn (27) Something special in Brazil

The Rio Olympics gave Nissan-Renault a chance to shine in Ghosn's homeland

28 January 2017
In the fourth year of bumper grain crops, there are complaints that prices for U.S. corn are too high.
Economy

Trump may soon learn how trade wars begin

Beijing threatens to halt grain imports if US slaps tariffs on Chinese goods

25 January 2017
A woman holds a placard that reads "No to the wall", during a protest outside a Ford dealership in Mexico City on Jan. 20.
Business trends

Following Trump won't cheer up industry

Globalization and innovation are the keys to economic growth

24 January 2017
Kirin has been restructuring in Brazil, having reached a deal last year to sell this plant in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Business

Kirin bowing out of Brazil beer market

Heineken to pay $870m for struggling local unit

20 January 2017
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Economy

Developing countries share acquired know-how with peers

Trainees from Africa, Middle East learning from Southeast Asia

19 January 2017
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Politics

Taiwan President Tsai visits Americas amid Beijing harassment

Trump comments spark uncertainty about 'One China' policy

19 January 2017
SEAT President Luca de Meo
Business

The Spanish carmaker that keeps on surviving

SEAT exercises a lot of independence under the Volkswagen umbrella

18 January 2017
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a press conference at Trump Tower on January 11, 2017 in New York City, NY, USA.
Politics

Protectionism just doesn't work anymore

Trying to make globalization go away will only lead to a nation's decline

15 January 2017
Plus One Marketing aims to sell 10 million Freetel smartphones around the world in fiscal 2018.
Business

Big global expansion in works for Freetel budget smartphones

Plus One sets goal that would make it Japan's second-largest smartphone seller

13 January 2017
Gianni Infantino, FIFA president speaks in Zurich after the organization's vote to expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament.
Life

Asian teams hit goal with World Cup expansion

New berths to advance Xi Jinping's hopes for China

11 January 2017
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Finance

World Bank arm to make bond market debut

Institution turns to investors amid rising global insecurity

10 January 2017
Banyan Tree opens its first Cuban resort hotel, the Dhawa Cayo Santa Maria, in Jardines del Rey archipelago. (Courtesy of Banyan Tree Holdings)
Business

Banyan Tree opens first Dhawa resort in Cuba

Company opens three-star hotel to capture wider market after making continual losses

9 January 2017
Samsung washing machines
Economy

LG, Samsung consider new US plants to appease Trump

Electronics giants worry new government will tax their Mexico-made products

9 January 2017