https://www.scmp.com/rss/503344/feed Professor Paul Teng is Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on April 2, which ranged from 10 per cent to a staggering 49 per cent on Asean member states, have the potential to severely disrupt food trade, domestic production and the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. While the 90-day delay in implementing the “reciprocal” tariffs offers a reprieve, it has not alleviated the uncertainty surrounding trade with the United States, with price increases and shortages set to affect all... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3307991/how-asean-can-turn-short-term-tariff-pain-long-term-gain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3307991/how-asean-can-turn-short-term-tariff-pain-long-term-gain?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Apr 2025 02:00:20 +0000 The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its report on Thursday indicated global food prices have risen to their highest in five years. There are many factors but a mixture of biology-related and climate-related phenomena suggest this trend may continue. These increases were fuelled by recent surges in the price of vegetable oils, sugar and dairy, as well as some increases in cereals. Meat prices increased the most steadily of all the food types monitored by the FAO. Overall, these... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3045515/swine-fever-climate-change-armyworm-perfect-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3045515/swine-fever-climate-change-armyworm-perfect-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:00:12 +0000