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The Diplomat Economy
13.09.2025
The lesson of SEMICON 2025 is clear: no single country can control every layer of the semiconductor value chain.
12.09.2025
In July, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan all signed agreements with Afghanistan related to the development of railways.
11.09.2025
Facing tariff threats from Trump, Brazil’s and Mexico’s responses diverged sharply – a split rooted in their respective relationships with the U.S. and China.
The Israel-India treaty, while bilateral, may be read as a step toward keeping the IMEC concept alive, even as its political underpinnings remain uncertain.
It will be difficult to truly address Japan’s inflation and debt woes given the fragile political environment.
Insights from Jakob Kullik.
The spat over India’s imports of Russian oil will echo in global markets – and Gulf producers are looking to benefit.
10.09.2025
Despite COVID-19 and global trade tensions, Vietnam’s exports and current account surplus continue to grow.
09.09.2025
The damage caused by relentless floods has worsened vulnerabilities in agriculture, infrastructure, and human capital.
The reshuffle, which included changes to five ministries, comes after two weeks of at times violent protests against police brutality and economic inequality.
06.09.2025
Beijing has protected homebuyers and stability by stretching out failures. Now it needs a rules-based exit system that finishes homes faster and frees capital for growth.
The dream of reopening Reko Diq meets a harsh reality on the ground: a worsening insurgency and continued political instability.
05.09.2025
While India recalibrates its export strategy and trade partnerships, structural domestic industrial reforms also need addressing.
04.09.2025
The revocation of VEU status for Samsung and SK Hynix threatens the long-term viability of their facilities in China.
A memorandum has been reached on the long-stalled Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, but the crucial pricing negotiations are still unsettled.
03.09.2025
The recent track record in the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand shows a great deal of divergence.
02.09.2025
Weak EV demand in the United States – exacerbated by the loss of the 30D tax credit and broader economic uncertainty – is likely to depress prices further, reinforcing Indonesia’s dominance.
Chinese traders want North Korean companies to continue to export raw materials, which conflicts with the North Korean regime’s policy of exporting processed goods.
The $13 billion project offers some interesting insights into how Hanoi is building critical infrastructure.
The remaining cost to complete the Rogun project by 2035 is now estimated at $6.4 billion. And Dushanbe faces delays in security enough financing.
The success of China’s semiconductor exports hinges on its ability to not just fulfill but also to generate demand for chips across the Global South.
28.08.2025
The Trump administration is shifting course on export controls, but Chinese companies have already made notable progress toward independence.
Despite a trade deal reached in July, many of the details remained to be ironed out as President Lee Jae-myung arrived in Washington.
While Jakarta and Washington have agreed to the outlines of a trade agreement, there are a lot of details still to be worked out.
27.08.2025
The country has historically taken a conservative approach to financial innovations such as cryptocurrencies.
26.08.2025
Because of rampant speculation in real estate, home ownership is now a fleeting dream for many Vietnamese.
23.08.2025
An attempt by city authorities to bring more order to the private taxi market erodes service quality and driver incomes.
22.08.2025
The announcement marks the latest move in an ongoing battle that often resembles a game of sanctions whack-a-mole.
Beijing’s prioritization of political security necessitates a reliance on investment and exports – not consumption – to power the economy.
The world’s first humanoid robot competition highlights China’s manufacturing strengths, its algorithmic weaknesses, and the risks of hype-driven innovation.
21.08.2025
As the U.S. turns tariffs into a blunt instrument of foreign policy, India needs to chart its own path through diversification, diplomacy, and domestic reform.
Mongolia’s energy sector has improved and diversified over the years, but it still struggles to meet demand.
Despite the recent criminalization of electricity use fraud, the government is still battling massive energy losses.
While passenger numbers are up so far in 2025, the $7.3 billion ‘Whoosh’ project remains far short of profitability.
Foreign visitors to the country have fallen by nearly 7 percent so far in 2025.
Foxconn, Pegatron, and Quanta are moving AI-focused production to Mexico, even as Trump’s tariff threats and Mexico’s quiet diplomacy shape the runway.
The global implications of the China-U.S. tech rivalry have raised the imperatives for Quad cooperation on AI and semiconductors.
The Cambodian government estimates that 400,000 migrant workers have returned home since the outbreak of conflict between the two countries last month.
19.08.2025
Facing a demographic cliff, the region’s governments need to get creative in how they tackle the issue of tax reform.
Competition is heating up at one of the final frontiers of the country’s tech boom.