Bloomberg The US moved to impose more import duties on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, after finding the fuel is being sold below fair market value. The US Commerce Department set preliminary import duties of as much as 70.05 percent on Argentine imports and set a 50.71 percent rate on biodiesel from Indonesia. “The Trump administration is committed to both …

Bloomberg The US is considering new sanctions on Myanmar after nearly a million Rohingya Muslims fled the Southeast Asian nation’s Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh. In a statement, US State Department spokeswoman Heat-her Nauert said that since August 25, the US had ceased cons-ideration of JADE Act travel waivers for current and former Myanmar military leaders, and was assessing further …

Bloomberg The US and China were both open to joining separate maritime drills with Southeast Asian nations as early as next year, Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen said. Speaking on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations defense ministers meeting, Ng said China Defense Minister Chang Wanquan and US Defense Secretary James Mattis both welcomed the chance to …