https://www.scmp.com/rss/330030/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The US presidential election on November 3 will be the most consequential in a generation, both for the United States and the rest of the world. The lack of policy-oriented debate in the campaign to date means that the future of US foreign policy and the country’s approach to the Asia-Pacific is unusually speculative regardless of which candidate wins. On October 1, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19, throwing another wild card into the heated... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3104846/will-trump-or-biden-be-better-asean-countries-amid-us-china-stand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3104846/will-trump-or-biden-be-better-asean-countries-amid-us-china-stand?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:00:24 +0000 The US-China trade war is bad news for the production chain-linked, trade-dependent economies of East Asia. The longer and broader the dispute becomes this year, the gloomier the headlines it will generate. On the other hand, the tongue-twisting Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) may emerge as the good news story for East Asia – albeit a more low-key one. The larger it gets, the better it is for its members and the more attractive it becomes for those... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/2180601/cptpp-looking-good-news-east-asia-and-its-looking-better?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/2180601/cptpp-looking-good-news-east-asia-and-its-looking-better?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jan 2019 23:30:30 +0000