Trade policy decisions made by the administration will impact farmers and ranchers in the countryside. This Market Intel is part of a series exploring agricultural trade, including the potential impacts of trade policy changes.

Beijing is using its economic power and military muscle to convey its anger with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — and to send a message to the U.S.

Masaaki Kanai, director-general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, began a visit to China on Monday. Hamada said he hopes Kanai, as a special envoy for Takaichi, will bring "concrete, future-oriented proposals — especially from the business community — for rebuilding Japan-China relations".

Trump's zero tolerance policy clashes with China's new tariff-free trade deal with Venezuela, escalating tensions as U.S. carrier group monitors the region.

China sent Coast Guard ships near disputed islands and warned travelers and students about safety risks in Japan. The escalation is over comments on Taiwan by Japan’s new prime minister.

We ended the week with more evidence that the world’s second-largest economy entered the final quarter on a weakening trajectory. China’s economic activity cooled more than expected at the start of the fourth quarter, with an unprecedented slump in investment and slower growth in industrial output adding to a drag from sluggish consumption.

Li Chenggang, China's international trade representative and vice commerce minister, meets with US company representatives on November 10 in Beijing. Photo: MOFCOM website . Li Ch

Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing’s “bulwark” against conflicts.

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung, makes a cameo as an air-traffic controller, helping guide planes to the runway. The slick video, commissioned to help promote the annual gathering of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum that South Korea hosted earlier this month,

An opening attempt to cool tensions between China and Japan appears to have fallen flat, signaling that the diplomatic spat is likely to drag on and stoking concerns about further strain in economic ties.