After their first trilateral economic meeting in over five years, China, Japan and South Korea vowed to strengthen their trading ties.

Asia's factory activity mostly weakened in March as an intensifying U.S. tariff war and slowing global demand hurt business sentiment, private sector surveys showed on Tuesday, darkening the outlook for the region's economy.

One key policy initiative for the year is allowing local governments to collect a portion of the consumption tax to ease their financial difficulties and incentivize them to promote spending, Shen Kaiyan, director of the economics institute at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said at a recent media exchange meeting.

Xi Jinping took aim at 'individual countries' for 'politicizing' trade in a speech in Beijing, as he attempts to bolster his country's flagging economy.

January and February data out of China hae beat expectations and real GDP growth is tracking slightly over 5%, according to Goldman Sachs.

Copper prices have hit record highs as an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners threatens to squeeze supplies of the vital metal.

Asia’s economy will avoid a slowdown this year even as US President Donald Trump escalates his campaign to put pressure on countries by raising tariffs, according to a report issued at China’s premier international conference.

In an address to major global business leaders, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged foreign investors to have faith in China’s business prospects, the latest move to revive the world’s second-largest economy that has been dragged down by a property bust and a loss of momentum.