Defence

PM Andy Burnham has pledged to meet a Nato target of raising the core defence budget to 3.5% of GDP by 2035

He says staying relevant to both powers requires trust and credibility, as he also calls for deeper Asean economic integration

Shares of the tech, defence and engineering group are down 8.6% in the past month

This follows a recent chorus of concerns from US tech leaders about risks associated with the tech

Labour officials say the move could preserve about 1,400 of the site’s 1,800 jobs.

Tokyo is also set to release a new midterm roadmap for defence spending by the end of this year

The move is to make US military bases more resilient to adversaries

The push for defence indigenisation and exports will boost growth, but more spending demands fiscal discipline

Across the Indo-Pacific, open sea lanes and free trade are not a policy preference but an economic precondition