Venture capital funding for Irish SMEs was down 23% in 2025, in first decline since 2018 – The Irish Times
Irish small and medium-sized enterprises saw venture capital funding fall in 2025 for the first time in seven…
India eyes ‘global manufacturing powerhouse’ status with budget boost
India’s newly unveiled budget signals a bid to cement its status as a global manufacturing powerhouse through a…
Geeta Gopinath at Davos: ‘Trumpian World Order’ to Trigger High Volatility and Economic Uncertainty
On this Special Report from Davos, Harvard Professor and former IMF Deputy Managing Director Geeta Gopinath analyzes the…
Anwar: Trade value in 2025 reached RM3t, record level thanks to clear policies
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Malaysia’s trade value in 2025 reached RM3 trillion, a record level made…
China signs record US$213 billion of new ‘belt and road’ deals in 2025: report
China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative gained further traction in 2025, with a record US$213.5 billion of new…
Premier Cho greets returning trade negotiators, praises achievements
Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) greeted the government’s trade negotiation team on their arrival at…
Why the world has started stockpiling food again – The Irish Times
In the early 18th century, Finland was familiar with the fear of hunger. A famine fuelled by an…
Nehru’s Call for a Robust and Independent Foreign Policy has been Undermined by Modi
Prime Minister Modi, who repeatedly boasts about India’s human resources and its population of over one billion, has…
Thailand’s Economy Faces Perfect Storm as US Tariffs Compound Structural Weaknesses
The strategy deployed significant fiscal firepower: a 200 billion baht soft loan programme to prevent a liquidity…
Trump tariffs hit ASEAN footwear as investors quit Indonesia
Foreign footwear manufacturers are scrapping investment plans in Indonesia, while factories in Vietnam are rushing to adopt automation…
Amid record trade surplus, China has a big worry — factory deflation is now in 38th month – Firstpost
Even as China’s trade surplus has surpassed $1 trillion, its factory deflation worsened in November and extended into…
Rupee: That 90s Feeling? It’s A Good Thing, At A Good Time
Don’t worry about India’s currency. It’s part neutralising disadvantages of US tariffs. And because inflation & global oil…