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US investment rules will tighten for some countries

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UNITED STATES

US-China trade frictions, centring chiefly on disagreements over technology, intellectual property and the bilateral trade balance, are causing international market uncertainty…

India-Japan ties will grow despite bullet train delay

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INDIA/JAPAN

India's first bullet train and India-Japan relations.

Japan will raise defence spending and cut deficits

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JAPAN

The budget is likely to be enacted by the end of the current fiscal year in March 2024. Rapidly increasing military spending reflects drastic changes in Tokyo’s defence policy. On…

Delhi's strategic aims in Myanmar will be frustrated

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INDIA/MYANMAR

This meeting is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic contacts between both countries since Myanmar's government came to office in March. Delhi feels that this new, mostly civilian…

EU-Japan partnership could set new global standards

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EU/JAPAN

EU-Japan cooperation.

Pyongyang’s rising cyberthreats are hard to combat

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NORTH KOREA

On November 30 the same trio plus Australia announced coordinated sanctions, in response to Pyongyang’s launch on November 21 of a military reconnaissance satellite. For the first…

Vietnam will rethink its relations with Russia

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VIETNAM

Vietnam is Russia’s closest partner in South-east Asia and has refused to criticise Moscow over the Ukraine war. Between 2000 and 2022, Russia accounted for more than 80% of…

Beijing will vie with Canberra and others in Pacific

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CHINA/PACIFIC

Discussion about Chinese development loans is unlikely, but the issue will be in the background given the controversy over China’s growing Pacific role. Tongan Prime Minister…

US-Thai military and trade links could cool

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US/THAILAND

US-Thailand relations.

Outlook for a future EU-US trade agreement is poor

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EU/US

EU-US trade.