US-China trade tensions may benefit South East Asia

中美贸易摩擦可能对东南亚地区带来利益。

World Business Report

2025-06-17

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The countdown continues to trade deals with Washington. Ahead of President Trump's threatened tariff hikes next month, we're hearing from South East Asia, and looking at complaints that Chinese firms may be dumping goods, undermining regional economies. Also in the show, the disruption to aviation from the Iran-Israel conflict. And why Chinese officials are being ordered to drink less? You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033.
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  • Hi there, I'm Ed Butler.

  • Welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • Today we are looking at growing signs of stress within the global economy.

  • This ahead of crunch trade talks between the US and its major trading partners,

  • some Malaysian businesses, it seems, are feeling the heat.

  • I'm confident for my industry, but what I'm not confident is Trump, what he's going to do.

  • That I'm not confident.

  • Everybody is not confident what he's going to do when he wakes up in the morning.

  • He will change his mind.

  • That's the uncertainty.

  • We don't know what's going on.

  • Also in the show, the head of the world's largest electric car maker, BYD,

  • speaks to the BBC and why Chinese officials are being asked to tone down their excessive partying habits.

  • All of that to come later in the show.

  • Now,

  • the meeting of the group of seven ministers meeting ends today in Canada in what has been a few stressful days,

  • it seems, for world leaders.

  • There's been signs of disagreement between the United States and other G7 nations over the wording of a statement on the Israel-Iran conflict.

  • And the longer term stresses over President Trump's proposed tariff regime also persist.

  • This is what the president had to say, for example.