Rebecca Choong Wilkins

2 days ago | bloomberg.com | Rebecca Choong Wilkins |Naomi Ng

A boy surveys the remains of their damaged house following cross-border shelling between Pakistani and Indian forces in Salamabad uri village on May 8. (Bloomberg) -- Last week, India and Pakistan saw the worst fighting in half a century — and came close to an all-out war. But the conflict came to an uneasy and sudden halt after President Donald Trump declared the two countries reached a ceasefire.

3 days ago | bloomberg.com | Jill Disis |Danny Lee |Rebecca Choong Wilkins |April Ma

As we wait to see what “substantial” means, analysis from Bloomberg Economics shows that even a big drop in tariffs from their current sky-high levels would still leave a big hole in bilateral trade. The US-China trade war in Trump’s first term -- when multiple rounds of talks were required to reach a deal -- is a reason to temper expectations.

5 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Alastair Gale |Swati Pandey |Rebecca Choong Wilkins

For global leaders puzzling over how to negotiate with Donald Trump, the U.S. president’s inaugural pact with the U.K. offers a few clues on how much ground he’s prepared to give. Thursday’s announcement of their trade framework in the Oval Office shows Trump is willing to keen progress even without a final accord and that can buy political credit with the White House. There’s also evidence that American levies can be talked down, but that may not be much more of a template, according to analysts.

5 days ago | bloomberg.com | Rebecca Choong Wilkins

Just down the road from Yardbird: Always Joy. (Bloomberg) -- The team behind perennial favorite Yardbird is back with a new izakaya called Always Joy following the closure of the group’s snack bar Ronin. The focus is on using fresh, daily ingredients in a menu of shared plates that are always changing. Like Ronin, there’s an emphasis on contemporary Japanese cuisine, but this latest iteration also has a confident dose of Cantonese influences and a more experimental mix.

5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Alastair Gale |Swati Pandey |Rebecca Choong Wilkins

For global leaders puzzling over how to negotiate with Donald Trump, the US president’s inaugural pact with the UK offers a few clues on how much ground he’s prepared to give. Thursday’s announcement of their trade framework in the Oval Office shows Trump is willing to celebrate progress even without a final accord — a move that can buy political credit with the White House.