KUALA LUMPUR 9 July (AFP) - Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim slammed on Wednesday trade tariffs as regional foreign ministers gathered in Kuala Lumpur for a three-day meet, which also included talks with the United States, China and Russia.

KUALA LUMPUR 9 July (AFP) - Southeast Asian nations will express "concern" over "counterproductive" US tariffs, according to a draft statement shared with AFP on Tuesday, after Donald Trump threatened more than a dozen countries with higher levies.

WASHINGTON 8 July (AFP) - US President Donald Trump unveiled higher tariffs for Japan, South Korea and a dozen other countries in a push for new trade deals Monday -- but extended the deadline for the steeper levies to kick in until August.

WASHINGTON 7 July (AFP) - US tariffs will kick in on August 1 if trading partners from Taiwan to the European Union do not strike deals with Washington, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday.

RIO de JANEIRO 7 July (AFP) - BRICS leaders at a summit on Sunday took aim at US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" import tariffs and recent Israeli-US strikes on Iran.

BUENOS AIRES 4 July (AFP) - South America's Mercosur bloc sought to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump's global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies.

BEIJING 4 July - China warned against trade deals that "hurt third parties" after US President Donald Trump said he had struck an agreement with Vietnam.

WASHINGTON 3 July (AFP) - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had struck a trade deal with Vietnam under which the country would face a minimum 20 percent tariff and open its market to US products.

BANGKOK 2 July (AFP) - Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra dynasty has dominated the kingdom's politics for 25 years, but its rule has been hit by coups and court cases including this week's suspension of the prime minister.

WASHINGTON 2 July (AFP) - A week before US President Donald Trump reimposes steep tariffs on dozens of economies, including the EU and Japan, many are still scrambling to reach a deal that would protect them from the worst.

BEIJING 30 June (AFP) - China's manufacturing activity ticked up in June but remained in contraction territory, official data showed on Monday, as the truce in its trade war with the United States held.

NEW YORK 30 June (AFP) - The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.