A port worker in Valparaiso, Chile, checks a shipment of copper ingots bound for Asia.
Economy

US and China can work together in Latin America

Interests should be seen as complementary, which would benefit the region

20 June 2017
AIIB President Jin Liqun described the infrastructure bank as a transparent, open institution.
Finance

AIIB adds members, approves new lending at annual meeting

Chinese-led bank continues to play it safe with syndicated loans in second year

17 June 2017
A U.S. Air Force missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
Politics

UN launches second round of nuclear ban talks

Proponents hopeful for final text of treaty by early July

16 June 2017
A man pushes a dolly at the entrance of Chinatown in Panama City on June 13.
Politics

Panama's wake-up call for Taiwan

Taipei should abandon claims to China and forge its own identity

15 June 2017
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla speaks to Nikkei reporters in Tokyo on June 5. (Photo by Yoichi Iwata)
Economy

Indonesia's Kalla: TPP has lost its 'allure' without US

Vice president signals Jakarta is still on board with regional free trade

15 June 2017
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen issues a statement on June 13.(Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
International relations

Taiwan alarmed by Chinese overtures to its diplomatic allies

Panama's switch could ripple through Central, South America

14 June 2017
A protester holds a poster with a defaced image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against what protesters say is a crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, in front of the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta in November. The text on the poster reads, "Bring Aung San Suu Kyi to the court."
Politics

Federalism, peace process on Suu Kyi's Canada agenda

Rohingya crackdown a likely point of dispute on Myanmar leader's tour

6 June 2017
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla speaks to Nikkei reporters in Tokyo on June 5.
Economy

Indonesia has 'lost interest' in TPP without US, vice president says

Jusuf Kalla says Jakarta remains keen on alternative regionwide pact

5 June 2017
Nobuteru Ishihara, Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister, speaks to reporters in Hanoi on May 21
International relations

'TPP 11' make show of unity, but members remain far apart

Negotiators will reconvene in Japan, continue push to win back US

22 May 2017
Ministers from TPP signatories pose for pictures in Chile, where they held their first meeting after the U.S. pulled out of the trade pact, in March.
Economy

Japan to push for 'TPP 11' by year-end

Ministerial meeting to be held later this month in Vietnam

14 May 2017
Japan's chief TPP negotiator, Keiichi Katakami, pushed to preserve the pact's current terms in Toronto Tuesday and Wednesday.
Economy

TPP members agree to go on minus US, but differ on terms

Countries may seek better deal now that American market opening is gone

5 May 2017
Representatives of the 14 PACER Plus nations in Brisbane, Australia, on April 20 (Courtesy of Office of New Zealand Minister of Trade Negotiations)
Politics

New Pacific trade pact goes against the protectionist tide

But 14-nation deal may be largely symbolic without Fiji and Papua New Guinea

4 May 2017
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso
Economy

Tokyo to push for TPP without US, says Aso

Japan's deputy PM confident of quick deal with 10 original signatory countries

27 April 2017
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso shake hands as they end the joint press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18.
Economy

TPP talks to get going -- with notable absentee

Japan aiming to lead, maintain rules in hope of Washington returning

27 April 2017
A lone power shovel works at a road construction site in Yakawlang, Afghanistan.
Economy

Think the RCEP is about free trade? Think again

Beijing-led pact is aimed at saving China's own economy via the Belt and Road

27 April 2017
The Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai
Economy

The long, frustrating quest for free trade in Asia

A defanged TPP and an undercooked RCEP make for a murky future

27 April 2017
The Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai
Economy

The long and frustrating quest for free trade in Asia

A defanged TPP and an undercooked RCEP make for a murky future

27 April 2017
A lone power shovel works at a road construction site in Yakawlang, Afghanistan.
Economy

Think the RCEP is about free trade? Think again

Beijing-led pact is aimed at saving China's own economy via the Belt and Road

27 April 2017
Former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman
Economy

If US won't lead on trade, China will: Ex-US trade rep

Michael Froman urges engagement in Asia-Pacific to counter Beijing's influence

27 April 2017
Representatives of 14 Pacific nations reached agreement on the PACER Plus regional trade pact in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday (Courtesy Office of New Zealand Minister of Trade Negotiations)
Politics

14-nation Pacific pact breaks through trade gloom

But critic doubts significance of deal without Fiji and Papua New Guinea

20 April 2017
Donald Trump has not had a smooth first few months as U.S. president.
Economy

Trump to order trade review targeting China, Japan

Studies aimed at identifying, correcting sources of imbalance

31 March 2017
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Politics

The Asian-American community reacts

Fear and anxiety spur call to action

30 March 2017
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The Big Story

The Asian-American community reacts

Fear and anxiety spur call to action

30 March 2017
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Finance

Brazil central bank chief hints at deeper rate cuts

Inflation tamed, South American nation will shift focus to stimulus

29 March 2017
A farmer herds cattle toward stockyards near the outback Queensland town of Aramac, west of Brisbane, Australia.
International relations

Brazil meat scandal opens way for Aussie beef in China

New agreement could see beef exports to mainland reach A$1bn

28 March 2017