Asia Pacific

Asian economic engine sputters with shift in focus from exports to domestic consumption

International investors are fleeing the Malaysian market as Prime Minister Najib Razak attempts to ride out a political scandal that is threatening economic stability.

A move by the Indonesian government to encourage food self-sufficiency in beef has backfired and disrupted the whole industry.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino is a scion of two of the country’s main landowning political dynasties, the Cojuangcos and the Aquinos.

India has kept its position as the world’s largest beef exporter. New data says India has increased its lead over the No. 2 exporter, Brazil. In the last financial year, India exported 2.

The Australian dollar, like its Canadian counterpart, has taken a pummelling in relation to the Yankee greenback in recent weeks. The Aussie dollar is now around US$0.72, even worse than the loonie.

The Surrey Board of Trade will be embarking on a trade mission to Fiji this November, following a visit from Fijian officials last week.

Asia Pacific Foundation poll shows Canadians are particularly worried about losing control of natural resources to China and the United States

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s progressive removal of farm subsidies is helping to consolidate land holdings, but the continuing high value of land makes the investment prohibitive for would-be corporate farmers

Masaaki Yoshihira is as determined to save this village of 450 people, nestled in the mountains behind Hiroshima on Japan’s southern coast, as he is the farming on which it has depended for time immemorial ...