Buy America and subsidies mix with national security to see off the rules based order
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Today the global trade system faces three systemic challenges. None are new, but strategic competition between…
Nearly 80 schoolgirls poisoned and hospitalised in northern Afghanistan: education official
An Afghan school girl receives hospital treatment after being admitted for symptoms of poisoning, in Herat, Afghanistan in 2015. On…
Gold mine collapse kills at least 12 in southern Venezuela
Flooding collapsed a gold mine in southern Venezuela, killing at least 12 miners, local authorities said on Sunday, adding that…
How the US-China chip war is dismantling Taiwan’s silicon shield
Taiwanese chip giant TSMC holds a ceremony to start mass production of its most advanced 3-nanometer chips in the southern…
Shangri-La Dialogue: the right time to talk is now, US defence chief Lloyd Austin says in swipe at China
Chinese Lieutenant General He Lei told the South China Morning Post earlier that the main reason for declining a formal…
China-Australia trade: what’s the state of relations after 3 years of ups and downs?
But what is the state of play in relations between Australia and its largest trading partner? Wine China officially imposed…
US and EU officials developing guidelines for AI and other new tech but split over China threat
From left, EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken; EU Commissioner for Competitiveness Margrethe Vestager; US…
1MDB scandal: Jho Low ‘aide’ dies in Malaysian capital after suffering ‘massive stroke’
The statement said he died on Monday at a hospital from complications after a “sudden massive stroke”. “We urge all…
Hong Kong renovation saga: strength of modified load-bearing wall at flat can’t be ‘100 per cent’ restored even if legal mark fulfilled, buildings authority head warns in Lohas Park case
The director said on another radio show that the long-term impact of the renovation had to be assessed in detail,…
Singapore jails Indonesian woman for scalding Malaysian husband with hot water for wanting divorce
The possibility of a divorce was eventually brought up by Rahimi during a meeting with his wife and mother-in-law in…