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Asia-Pacific isn’t catching up to the global economy anymore — it’s writing the rules. Track the markets, trade shifts, and investment plays reshaping where Western money goes next.
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Jul- 2026 -18 July
Philippines has the laws. It needs the ports and power plants.
With $170 billion in infrastructure spending and tax breaks stretching 40 years, Manila is racing Vietnam and Malaysia to convert legislative reform into functioning factories before boardrooms lock in capacity…
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18 July
Singapore’s property boom rests on two mega-deals worth S$6.4 billion
Savills raised its full-year investment forecast to S$55–60 billion after Q2 transactions hit S$15.02 billion, but strip out the Paragon and Asia Square Tower 2 sales and momentum evaporates.
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17 July
A Texas freighter startup just bet big on China’s cargo boom
Mammoth Freighters opens its first Asia-Pacific 777 conversion hub in Qingdao this September with partner STAECO, positioning itself inside surging regional air cargo demand while navigating China's separate regulatory approval…
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17 July
China’s biggest airlines just lost $1.33 billion in one quarter
State backing and Russian airspace advantages could not shield China Southern, Air China, and China Eastern from a fuel-price shock that erased their first-quarter gains in just 90 days.
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16 July
Thailand’s one-month fertilizer supply exposes the real Hormuz cost
With shipping traffic collapsing to 14 vessels and war-risk premiums spiking, Thai manufacturers face a repricing of supply-chain costs that no strategic oil reserve can absorb.
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16 July
Iranian drones just rewired Asia’s data centre map
JPMorgan estimates Malaysia's pipeline at 13GW—exceeding Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore combined—as hyperscalers flee Middle Eastern conflict exposure.
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15 July
China’s empty tower finally rises as Beijing abandons property
After 18 years stalled, the Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin resumed construction via court liquidation, signalling Beijing's shift away from propping up real estate toward manufacturing and exports.
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15 July
Half of Asia’s shippers just fired their logistics provider
A Dimerco survey of 180 Asia-Pacific shippers finds 42% switched providers in the past year, driven by freight rates still 276% above pre-crisis levels and monthly delays now treated as…
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15 July
Oil shock unravels the Fed’s inflation victory in six hours
Brent crude surged to $86.18 on July 14 as U.S. naval blockade of Iran and Iranian strikes on tankers collapsed Strait of Hormuz crossings 52%, threatening to reverse the June…
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14 July
Japan promised crypto tax cuts. The law is still years away.
Prime Minister Takaichi's WebX pledge to cut crypto taxes from 55% to 20% arrived with the FIEA amendment stalled in the Upper House and no implementation date before 2028.
