China’s export engine retains room to expand, but its longer-term prospects may increasingly depend on whether overseas economies can generate enough growth to absorb rising volumes of Chinese products. A Goldman Sachs
China’s export engine retains room to expand, but its longer-term prospects may increasingly depend on whether overseas economies can generate enough growth to absorb rising volumes of Chinese products. A Goldman Sachs
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About 416 million people working across the global food system earn too little to meet their basic needs, according to a new analysis by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food
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China should build a comprehensive national system to protect its growing overseas interests, including closer coordination between diplomatic, commercial, security and military authorities, according to an analysis published on a Chinese national
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G20 trade ministers have failed to reach broad agreement on a US proposal to address excess industrial capacity and “non-market” economic policies, exposing divisions within the group of major economies as Washington
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Sri Lanka’s economy grew by 5 per cent in 2025 as the country continued its recovery from the 2022 economic crisis, but its investment climate remains challenging, with foreign investors reporting policy
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US President Donald Trump’s renewed support for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) has given fresh political momentum to a project whose proposed routes are facing growing exposure to regional conflict. The
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the European Union and the Philippines have agreed on a free trade deal following talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Von
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Abu Dhabi-based developer Eagle Hills has signed an agreement with the Maldivian government for a proposed $20 billion waterfront and marina development at Ras Male, placing one of the Indian Ocean’s most
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A prominent Chinese economist has called for a substantially expanded economic and commercial relationship between China and Sri Lanka, proposing the revival of a bilateral free-trade agreement,
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In Sri Lankan society, the betel leaf is not merely a plant leaf, but a paramount cultural symbol intertwined with our rituals, customs, and hospitality. A sheaf of betel leaves holds a
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China is preparing to open the Pinglu Canal, a 72.7 billion yuan (US$10.8 billion) waterway designed to accelerate trade between the country’s inland manufacturing regions and Southeast Asia, with its first command
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Sri Lanka is preparing to renegotiate all four of its existing free trade agreements (FTAs), including the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, in an effort to secure terms that are more favourable
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Asian share markets advanced on Monday, following Wall Street higher after a soft U.S. jobs report reduced expectations of a near-term rise in borrowing costs. The gains came despite renewed pressure in
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The Indian rupee is expected to edge higher at Monday’s open as investors reduce expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike next month following an unexpectedly weak US jobs report. Continued intervention
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China’s effort to export its way out of a weakening domestic economy is creating a sharp divide between its increasingly powerful external sector and subdued internal demand, while generating a new group
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