Natural disasters may hit harder, too. One low-cost USAID programme, SERVIR, used NASA data to warn countries about climate-related extreme events. In 2023 the early-warning system alerted people in Bangladesh to a category-four cyclone, which limited the death toll to 145 people. Two decades earlier, a similar storm killed 138,000 people.

America’s Asian allies are torn between competing theories. One holds that Asia is different from Europe because China poses a far greater threat than Russia does. America thus needs Asian allies more than European ones,

India and Thailand could face higher reciprocal tariffs from the US due to their elevated tariff rates and non-tariff barriers. Nomura's analysis suggests significant trade disruptions in key sectors like agriculture and transportation if these tariffs are enacted.

Asian markets traded mostly higher on Thursday, following overnight gains on Wall Street after US President Donald Trump delayed tariffs on select automakers. Japan’s Nikkei 225 led the region’s gains,

This article is authored by Pravesh Kumar Gupta, associate fellow (Eurasia), Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.

US President Donald Trump has announced the imposition of reciprocal tariffs starting April 2025 on countries with higher duties on American exports. This move will significantly impact Asian economies - but how vulnerable is India?

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