The Philippine semiconductor industry is looking into diversifying its market as US President Donald Trump plans to impose a 100-percent tariff on semiconductors bound for the United States.
As investors look in bewilderment at the fast-deteriorating global economic landscape under US President Donald Trump’s onslaught on globalisation, some analysts are looking to Singapore as one of the few safe havens worldwide.
With the US tariff rate settled, Thailand needs to expedite structural economic reforms.
CIMB Treasury and Markets Research economists believe that a portion of Malaysia’s semiconductor exports may qualify for exemption from the United States’ (US) 100 per cent tariff on imported chips.
The deal slams the door on Chinese products being shipped through Indonesia to the U.S. to gain the lower tariff than that imposed by President Trump on President Xi Jinping’s regime.
Tata Steel says industry faces growing strain as import volumes swell.
Vietnam has outranked Thailand as the world’s second-largest rice exporter in the first half of 2025, Thai PBS reported on August 3, citing the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
ASEAN’s economic size of nearly $4 trillion means little without unity, according to Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono, as the Southeast Asian bloc turns a year older amidst growing uncertainties created by the US tariff policies.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
