With its shipping lanes, deep-sea ports and undersea cables, the South Pacific has long been a focal point of strategic competition as the US and its allies try to prevent China from gaining a foothold.
But as President Donald Trump alienates local leaders with massive tariffs and foreign aid cuts, Australia has been left to hold the line against Beijing's growing influence: https://bloom.bg/4cUYNE6
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Vice President JD Vance said the US was working to ensure tensions between India and Pakistan don’t escalate into a broader regional conflict in the wake of an attack last week that killed dozens of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4jBPlIv
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Singapore’s ruling party has won elections for six decades.
For Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, what may matter more is the margin of victory as he fronts his first poll as leader: https://bloom.bg/43gMePp
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Australia's economy is at the forefront of many voters' concerns as they prepare to head to the polls.
A housing crisis, high interest rates and cost of living pressures have all contributed to a perfect storm.
Read more in the Australia Briefing: https://bloom.bg/4juzPhj
Singapore faces a delicate balancing act as it tries to narrow its wealth gap by raising taxes on the uber-rich, without driving them away. Some local tycoons are unnerved by the moves. https://bloom.bg/4cQU06X
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Criminals are manipulating Japan's market to drive up penny stocks around the world, with losses reaching $710 million since it started in February, and shows no signs of cresting. https://bloom.bg/4lJQjDP
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A trade war between the US and China, the world’s two largest economies, has caught this Southeast Asian nation in the crossfire. https://bloom.bg/4jI1meZ
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Intel is set to announce plans this week to cut more than 20% of its staff, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy at the struggling chipmaker, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3Yd31ky
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Gold rose to a record as concern that President Donald Trump could fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell triggered a flight from US stocks, bonds and the dollar. Read more: https://bloom.bg/4iqMzEo
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Hong Kong has been struggling with a property downturn for years. Now, a clutch of new mansions is about to test whether one of the world’s most expensive neighborhoods can still command peak prices. https://bloom.bg/3G9fuzq
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YouTube's CEO was promised the platform would be exempt from Australia's youth social media ban, according to documents obtained under freedom-of-information laws. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3EiUANT
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🎙 What Australia's A$4.2 trillion superannuation sector wants to see from leaders this election - and how it's navigating Trump's trade chaos.
Listen to this week's Bloomberg Australia Podacst here: https://bloom.bg/3ZE5WEl
BREAKING: China orders its airlines to halt any further deliveries of Boeing jets as trade war with the US expands. https://bloom.bg/3RNsqgT
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Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3GbcPFB
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The Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard after the university refused to agree to a list of new government demands. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4j4Qhoo
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The Central Intelligence Agency released two videos aimed at recruiting Chinese officials who might be disillusioned by their prospects in government in a bid to get them to share top secrets about China with the US. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k54UIB
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China said it is assessing the possibility of trade talks with the US, the first sign since Donald Trump hiked tariffs last month that negotiations could begin between the two sides. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43a1238
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🎙 LIVE NOW: Can Australia's next government fix its economy?
Ahead of the country's federal election on Saturday, Bloomberg reporters are taking your questions on the main parties' plans in a Live Q&A - listen here: https://bloom.bg/3Yownwq
EXCLUSIVE: China is considering suspending its 125% tariff on US imports for some goods as the trade war drives up costs. https://bloom.bg/4cM5rNb
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🚨 LIVE NOW: India is pulling ahead of other Asian countries in Trump's trade war, both politically and economically. Is the nation having its moment and getting prioritized by the US? Bloomberg’s Dan Strumpf, Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Shruti Srivastava, Ruchi Bhatia answer your questions in a Live Q&A. https://bloom.bg/42t6Oge
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India looks open to lowering its up to 110% tariffs on automobiles for the first time in decades as the world rewires its supply chains and trade alliances amid Trump’s latest brinkmanship. https://bloom.bg/42UYypb
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🎙️ China's Pop Mart is one of the hottest stocks this year, thanks to its viral Labubu dolls and other blind box toys.
Listen to the Big Take Asia Podcast to find out how it’s thriving despite an escalating trade war with the US: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy
Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal is inching closer to finishing a long-planned breakup of Vedanta, his metals-to-energy conglomerate. The move is aimed at trimming the group’s $11 billion debt pile. Read more from our exclusive interview: https://bloom.bg/42AYQQU
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BREAKING: Pope Francis, who encouraged Catholics to embrace a more compassionate view on many issues but found it difficult to close the book on past abuses by clergy, has died at 88. https://bloom.bg/4jhHwY6
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🎙 For decades, the Kwek family in Singapore looked like a model of a successful family-run business – until an explosive lawsuit shattered that image.
Find out what’s behind the feud that rocked the city-state’s richest clan on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy
Vietnam’s economy boomed after Trump’s first trade war with China — but now its infrastructure is scrambling to catch up. New factories need roads, and roads need sand. The country is importing massive amounts from Cambodia to keep pace. https://bloom.bg/3RQBFgp
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A recent feud inside Singapore’s richest family exposed a surprising rift between its 84-year-old patriarch Kwek Leng Beng and his son Sherman Kwek.
Behind the scenes, tensions were simmering for years. Read The Big Take: https://bloom.bg/4jrBzaI
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EXCLUSIVE: Once among China's top shadow lenders, Zhongrong now stares at liquidation after missing billions of dollars in payments. https://bloom.bg/3RksIvM
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It was once one of Asia’s top startups, at least on paper, until it all came crashing down.
Read the inside story of how eFishery faked its numbers, based on conversations with the company's founder and dozens of his investors, staff and clients: https://bloom.bg/4j6YOqR
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The price of coffee is the highest it’s been in decades — bad news for caffeine-lovers, but good for bean farmers profiting from global demand. Read the Dispatch here: https://bloom.bg/4cxvAiy
📷: Isabella Cotier for Bloomberg
