The World Is Paying for Trump’s China Tariffs
Trump's tariffs on China are causing a lot of pain around the world. Products that would've gone to the US are now pouring into other countries, leading to factory closures and layoffs. And this is li...
25 Mars 202516min
US-China Rivalry in the Trump Era: A Discussion
If US-China relations could be compared to a dish, what would it be? Sichuan hotpot? Sweet and sour pork? In a special episode of the Big Take Asia podcast, a panel of Bloomberg experts examines how t...
21 Mars 202524min
Can’t Get Enough Of Matcha? Too Bad – Japan Is Running Low
Japan has a matcha shortage despite record levels of production. Shops are selling out of the green tea powder as soon as they hit the shelves. On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks ...
18 Mars 202515min
China’s Power Play In the Indian Ocean
Mauritius and neighboring islands in the Indian Ocean are at the center of a great-power chess match involving the US, China and India. All want to use them as bases to protect shipping lanes and proj...
11 Mars 202513min
Xi’s Big Challenge Is Getting People to Spend, Spend, Spend
A crippling property crisis, mounting debt, weak consumer spending… and now a trade war. Despite the headwinds, China has set an ambitious economic growth goal of about 5% this year. On today’s Big Ta...
6 Mars 202513min
Xi Has Embraced China’s Tech Titans Once Again. Will It Last?
Four years after launching a regulatory crackdown that plunged the tech sector into turmoil, China’s President Xi Jinping sat down publicly with Alibaba Group’s co-founder Jack Ma, whose firm bore the...
25 Feb 202515min
How Amazon Rival Temu Got Sucked Into Trump’s Trade War
Since its US launch in 2022, Chinese marketplace Temu has rapidly risen to become America’s biggest e-commerce platform after Amazon, thanks to ultra-low prices on almost every product imaginable. On ...
18 Feb 202516min
What Thailand's Same-Sex Marriage Victory Means for the Economy
Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex marriage last month. And to mark the occasion, nearly 2,000 couples tied the knot on the first day the law came into effect. ...
14 Feb 202515min
