Just as Thailand looks ready to displace Chinese parts and products in American cars and kitchens, dysfunctional politics may cause the opportunity to slip out of its grasp. After five years of military rule, the Southeast Asian nation has returned to a fragile democracy. A pro-junta alliance is still negotiating with potential allies to form the next government following elections ...

Once every decade or so, the world goes through a collective freak-out about rare earths. The suite of 17 elements strung towards the bottom of the periodic table are notable in that they’re essential in several high-technology applications such as wind turbines, electric cars and lasers, and largely made in China. That makes them a scary-sounding weapon in economic and ...

Bloomberg India’s economic soft patch has put Asia’s most dovish central bank on notice, yet again. Growth cooled to 5.8 percent in the first three months of the year, the slowest pace in several quarters, according to a government report. That took the expansion in the fiscal year to March 2019 to 6.8 percent, lower than the 6.9 percent median ...