Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed on Thursday as investors continued to weigh U.S. President Donald Trump's recent trade policy announcement. Investors also responded to China's latest move to reverse its sluggish stock market by prompting insurance funds to raise the size and proportion of their investments in Chinese A-shares,

China’s Vice President has announced plans for the country to increase its imports of goods, ahead of the potential tariff hikes mentioned by Donald Trump on his first day in the White House. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

The Philippines will soon decide on an international platform to sue China for alleged damage to the marine environment, its justice minister said, as it pursues a second high-profile legal challenge against Beijing over the South China Sea.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia against coercive actions in Asia, in a veiled but