U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s planned visit next week to Southeast Asia, following other diplomatic overtures from Washington, will help President Joe Biden compete with China for influence in a crucial yet wary region of 660 million people, experts say. Harris will travel to regional financial center Singapore, and former U.S. war enemy Vietnam, a…
Economies in Asia have not suffered as much as the UK, Europe or the US from the Covid-19 pandemic. Asian governments did not have to intervene to protect jobs and industries to the same extent as their western counterparts.