Aramco fights to protect Asian market share in oil supply ahead of cuts
Aramco will ship the full volumes of crude contracted by Asian refiners in a bid to protect its market share in the biggest consuming region in the world ahead …
Growth Holding Up in Asia and the Pacific, Trade Tensions Pose Risks – ADB
Growth remains stable across most of developing Asia due to robust domestic demand, buoyant oil and gas prices, and a consolidation of India’s growth …
Megatrends such as urbanisation, obesity, politics impacting Asia’s food systems – report
Megatrends such as urbanisation, burden of obesity and undernutrition and politics are driving the divides in Asian food systems and managing them is …
Asian demand could create deficit in global LNG market, says Fitch
Growing gas demand from Asia, particularly from China, could swing the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market into a deficit by 2022-2025, Fitch Ratings said in a …
Outbreak of African swine fever threatens to spread from China to other Asian countries
The rapid onset of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China, and its detection in areas more than 1,000 kilometres apart within the country, could mean the deadly …
A lull in Indian monsoon and flood threats in Thailand, Vietnam hit Asian rice – report
Rice prices in top exporter India rose this week on concerns of lower production due to below-normal rainfall, while traders in Thailand and Vietnam kept a …
Trade war escalation would knock 0.4% off world growth, says Fitch
An escalation of global trade tensions that results in new tariffs on USD2 trillion in global trade flows would reduce world growth by 0.4% in 2019, to 2.8% …
India, Asia-Pacific nations pledge to seek early conclusion of RCEP deal
Trade ministers and representatives from 16 Asia-Pacific countries have agreed to seek an early conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership …
India will be as one of the biggest demand centre for seaborne traded thermal coal imports for Australia: Platts report
According to Mineral Council of Australia India and Indonesia are being looked at the biggest demand centers for seaborne-traded thermal coal, a Platts analyst …
Chinese deleveraging would test commodities-dependent emerging markets, says Fitch
The slowdown in the Chinese economy that would be necessary to stabilise its corporate debt ratio over the medium term would have significant knock-on effects …