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China and ASEAN, hit by US tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact

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    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -48% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -41% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Beijing has labelled Trump's tariffs, which have hit most countries, as protectionism, while expanding its controls over the flow of its critical minerals and magnets.
46% : The so-called 3.0 version of the free trade agreement between ASEAN and China was signed into effect at a summit of the bloc's leaders in Malaysia, which Trump attended on Sunday at the start of a trip through Asia.
44% : The upgraded agreement "fully reflects the solemn commitment of the two sides to jointly support multilateralism and free trade", China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.
31% : "We should more firmly uphold the free trade regime, create a high-standard regional free trade network, and vigorously and effectively advance regional integration." (Reporting by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by John Mair and Michael Perry)

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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