Handshakes and trade deals as Trump tours Asia

特朗普亚洲之行:握手与贸易协议

World Business Report

2025-10-28

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US President Donald Trump has kicked off his trip to Asia by announcing a string of new agreements and a peace accord involving Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The White House has called it historic but businesses are looking for more detail. We speak to two entrepreneurs in Chicago and Seattle on what this could mean for their companies. Elsewhere, we hear how US tariffs on India's exports has put nearly a million jobs on the south-eastern coast of the Andhra Pradesh state at risk. And as massive rallies cheer Javier Milei, and Argentina's markets soar with the president tightening his grip on power in the South American country, Sam Fenwick discusses whether his La Libertad Avanza party's midterm victory will pave the way for economic reforms. The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC. (Picture: US President Donald Trump talks before boarding Air Force One at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday 27 October 2025. Credit: Reuters / Evelyn Hockstein.)
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  • Pan shakes and trade deals.

  • Donald Trump arrives in Asia.

  • Overall the agreement is good news for housewares companies in the United States.

  • This promise of potential stability in the form of a trade deal is encouraging.

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

  • I'm Sam Fennick.

  • The US president has kicked off his tour of Asia with a string of new trade deals and a peace accord.

  • The White House says it's historic, but businesses say they're looking for more detail.

  • And markets are chewing as Javier Millay tightens his grip on power in Argentina.

  • Will his party's midterm victory pave the way for more economic reforms?

  • So you're going to hear a lot about Donald Trump's trip to Asia this week.

  • It's already off to a fast start.

  • The White House is calling it historic, saying that the president has brokered peace deals,

  • slashed tariffs and signed what it calls game-changing agreements on critical minerals.

  • Here's Donald Trump speaking on Air Force One.

  • You look at what we just did was pretty amazing.

  • We got a lot of good credit and I really have to thank Malaysia for that

  • because they're really the prime minister and everybody really helped get the two countries together.

  • It was quite a great peace treaty and it makes me feel good.

  • I saved the lives of millions of people.