Poor South-East Asian and Pacific nations are among the hardest hit by US tariffs, handing an advantage to Beijing in the race for regional influence.
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Lyndon Johnson once said he didn’t want to be the US president who lost Vietnam. Will Donald Trump be remembered as the president who lost South-East Asia?
While the cumulative impact of Trump’s tariffs is an eye-wateringly high 54 per cent on China, South-East Asia is the region that was arguably hardest hit.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/trump-just-gave-china-a-free-kick-to-tilt-asia-in-its-favour-20250404-p5lp5e
