Southeast Asia has continued to emerge as an economic winner of increasing geopolitical tensions between China and the United States, according to the IMF.

TOKYO: Risks to Asia's economy have increased with escalating trade tensions, China's property sector woes and the potential for further market turbulence clouding the outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday (Nov 1). Persistent downward price pressures from China can "provoke trade te

An escalation of tensions around trade and tariffs would have economic consequences around the world, Gita Gopinath, deputy managing director of the IMF, said.