Bloomberg If Donald Trump slapped China with punishing tariffs, the pain would also be felt by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, vital cogs in a regional supply chain that allows China to build widgets and gadgets for the world. But Asia boasts a fast-growing middle class now numbering in the hundreds of millions, meaning China and other regional exporters …

  Bloomberg Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., seeking to cut debt after eight straight quarters of losses, is in talks with companies including billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Power Ltd. about selling a 2,400-megawatt Indian electricity plant, people with knowledge of the matter said. The New Delhi-based company has been in discussions about selling the plant to Adani Power as lenders …

  TOKYO / AP Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. reported a 36 percent jump in profit for October-December on year, shrugging off damage from a strong yen, and the Japanese automaker raised its full year forecast. Cost cuts lifted fiscal third quarter profit to 168.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion), up from 124.1 billion yen the previous year. Also helping was the …