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Committee Agrees To Agree To Reconvene And Consider Agreeing Later
Apr 6, 2026 4 min
GDP $38.2T · RCEP / CPTPP
Asia-Pacific contains the world's growth engine but also its most complex risk landscape. China's post-pandemic recovery remains uneven — manufacturing and exports are strong, domestic consumption is not. India is the structural growth story of the decade. Japan's inflation awakening is reshaping a generation of investment assumptions.
The region will account for over 60% of global growth in 2026. The China-US technology decoupling is accelerating supply chain shifts that benefit Vietnam, India, and Mexico simultaneously. Japan's gradual rate normalisation is the most consequential central bank story outside the Fed.
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