Bloomberg India is set to restrict sugar exports as a precautionary measure to safeguard its own food supplies, another act of protectionism after banning wheat sales just over a week ago. Sugar prices jumped. The government is planning to cap sugar exports at 10 million tons for the marketing year that runs through September, according to a person familiar ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden is seeking to show US resolve against China, yet an ill-timed gaffe on Taiwan risks undermining his bid to curb Beijing’s growing influence over the region. Whether intentional or not, Biden provoked China with a vow to defend Taiwan militarily. After saying that US policy on Taiwan “had not changed at all” during a news conference ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has vowed to defy a government ban on his planned march to Islamabad for a sit-in on Wednesday to press the administration to quit and call new elections. Khan plans to create chaos with his protest march and will be stopped, Interior Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan said in a briefing in Islamabad. ...