Katia Dmitrieva

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Claire Jiao |Katia Dmitrieva

Manufacturing activity across most of Asia contracted in April, with companies struggling with weaker demand and pausing new orders in the face of US President Donald Trump’s baseline 10% tariff. Purchasing managers indexes for the region’s factory giants, including South Korea and Taiwan, slipped sharply last month as the global trade uncertainty led to declines in new orders and cutbacks in production, surveys published by S&P Global showed on Friday.

2 weeks ago | news.nestia.com | Katia Dmitrieva

By Katia Dmitrieva(Bloomberg) – Malaysia’s initial meeting with US officials on tariffs went well but it’s only the first step toward forging a trade agreement, according to a top economic official from the Southeast Asian nation. “The good thing is we had our first conversation, the good thing is the conversation was received well enough,” said Second Finance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan during an event in Washington Friday.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Katia Dmitrieva

Malaysia’s initial meeting with US officials on tariffs went well but it’s only the first step toward forging a trade agreement, according to a top economic official from the Southeast Asian nation. “The good thing is we had our first conversation, the good thing is the conversation was received well enough,” said Second Finance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan during an event in Washington Friday.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Katia Dmitrieva

A container is transported at the Westport Holdings Bhd. port at Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The ringgit, which hit a 25-year low of almost 4.8 per dollar in October, remains under pressure amid the record-high interest rate differential with the Fed and concerns over Malaysia’s political stability.

2 weeks ago | financialpost.com | Enda Curran |Jorge Valero |Katia Dmitrieva

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