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The Diplomat Economy
11.07.2025
A new investigation and proliferating online ads reveal how Russian citizens send money to European bank accounts despite Western sanctions.
China’s economy is nowhere near a breaking point – but it is unmistakably slowing down.
Is the region’s obsession with infrastructure mega-projects economically misplaced?
Many of the serious problems with the country’s microfinance sector were present at its inception in the 1990s.
The growing synergy between Jakarta and Riyadh reflects not only economic alignment but also a stronger convergence in navigating the evolving global order.
10.07.2025
A letter to the Kazakh president stated, “Starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge Kazakhstan a Tariff of only 25% on any and all Kazakh products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs.”
If Resolution 68 is to be believed, state-owned enterprises are about to lose what remains of their special privileges.
A foreign policy based on coercion, but lacking predictability and institutional commitment, could see the United States cut itself off from the global network of trust.
09.07.2025
A broader trade agreement, including cooperation on key supply chains, foreign investment, and advanced technologies makes a deal more likely and can help the U.S. and India more effectively counter China.
08.07.2025
The West still believes that sanctions signal resolve. China has already moved on to testing what happens when they don’t.
05.07.2025
It remains to be seen whether the agreement, set to be signed next week, will secure a significant reduction in the 32 percent “reciprocal” tariff.
Among the ASEAN nations, Cambodia is the most potentially exposed to any sudden shift in U.S. trade policy.
How shared backgrounds among policy elites powered the economic rise of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China.
04.07.2025
Washington has agreed to lower its threatened 46 percent tariff on imports from Vietnam in return for increased access to the Vietnamese market.
Without a new deal or an extension to the talks, South Korea will face a series of new tariffs from the United States that will significantly impact its economy.
China is pursuing a strategy of selective RMB integration – eschewing full capital account liberalization and avoiding a direct challenge to dollar hegemony.
03.07.2025
Amid global SDG funding gaps, Asian universities are stepping up as leaders in sustainable finance, driving research and innovation to shape a more sustainable future.
The increasing use of these Islamic financial instruments reflects the growing sophistication of Indonesia’s capital markets.
How are other countries responding to the threat that the U.S. tariffs will be re-applied from July 9?
Insights from Sharon Seah.
02.07.2025
Jakarta says that the measures will aid its tariff negotiations with the Trump administration, while advancing its broader economic goals.
Taiwan’s June 10 entity list update is no mere technical fine-tuning – it marks a shift in both regulatory burden-sharing and further security alignment with the U.S.
Sanctions enforcement continues to rely on static lists of named entities and accounts when evasion networks are built to morph and reroute at every point of friction.
01.07.2025
Even as China turns to the region to manage overcapacity and geopolitical headwinds, Southeast Asia will continue to shape trade on its own terms.
28.06.2025
As Treasurer Jim Chalmers put it, “We want good things to happen, we’ve got to stop strangling good things from happening.”
Islamabad needs to assess the implications of the recent war not just from a security or foreign policy lens, but as a humanitarian concern.
The U.S. government’s “reciprocal tariffs” have prompted a rapid overhaul of trade blocs in the Asia-Pacific, especially in Southeast Asia.
27.06.2025
Beijing’s dominance in the rare earth industry is the result of decades of targeted state efforts – and a willingness to absorb financial losses for strategic gain.
26.06.2025
Robust economic objectives can be achieved not just by spouting numbers but when growth is equitable.
24.06.2025
And does it even need to?
While Tokayev’s vision of a futurist Singapore-style city is slowly getting started, it takes a different development approach than Astana did. Still, questions over financing and local impact persist.
21.06.2025
Every dollar that moves from Shenzhen to Bishkek to Moscow teaches China something new about how to operate in a sanctions-constrained world.
20.06.2025
Or are we doomed to repeat the rise of economic blocs that preceded the world wars?
Moscow sees China, India, and other Asian powers as critical for the future of the Northern Sea Route, but their involvement remains limited.
The blacklisting of Huawei and SMIC signifies a conscious shift in Taiwan’s role from a neutral supplier in the tech ecosystem to an assertive actor.
The multibillion-dollar stimulus plan did little to address the longer-term structural challenges facing the Thai economy.
19.06.2025
Uzbekistan’s involvement in servicing transport and transit flows to Europe is minimal, presenting ample opportunities for development.
Japan’s reluctance to empower third-party oversight in its corporations is no longer just a domestic risk but an international one.
Existing laws can do little to protect the rights of migrant labor, especially during a crisis. Revisiting labor laws can remedy this.
18.06.2025
A non-resource-based growth path, anchored in clean energy, logistics, agriculture, and industrial upgrading, is a strategic necessity for Kazakhstan.