Bloomberg Singapore’s economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than previously estimated, a sign that US-China trade tensions and weaker global demand are starting to bite. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased an annualized 1.4 percent from the prior quarter, lower than the government’s earlier projection of 1.6 percent and the median forecast of 1.5% in a Bloomberg ...

Bloomberg Garment worker Rabeya started protesting on the streets of Dhaka in early January to pressure her employer — one of Bangladesh’s major suppliers to European clothing giant H&M — to pay a new minimum wage for its workers. On February 9, she said two company officials from Moon Readywears Ltd. told her not to bother returning to her job ...

The showy first summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last June was draped in flags and bunting, but the decoration covered what turned out to be a mostly empty box that lacked a shared agreement on denuclearisation. Given this disappointing record, what’s realistically possible when the two leaders meet again in two weeks in Vietnam? ...