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China and India have been locked in a decades-long battle for economic and military control over the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world's offshore oil and four of the most important maritime chokepoints. Read The Big Take here: https://bloom.bg/3FlqOrU 📷: AFP/Getty Images

BREAKING: Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect without any exemptions https://bloom.bg/3FmyYjQ

China’s birth rate is falling, and cats and dogs are reaping the benefits. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/41UgYGd 📷: Ka Xiaoxi for Bloomberg Businessweek

Japan’s rice harvest went up last year, and yet 230,000 tons appear to be missing. Where has it gone? https://bloom.bg/41WVYyu 📷: Kyodo News/AP Images

US President Donald Trump says he will buy a “brand new” Tesla to support Elon Musk, after shares of the electric car maker had their worst day in four years. More here: https://bloom.bg/4iEfXaG

Indonesia has the world's fourth-largest workforce, but a skills shortage is putting its manufacturing dreams at risk. More here: https://bloom.bg/3Fkjj4B

As Hong Kong’s rich mainland Chinese immigrants become the major source of new wealth, the school’s student base is changing fast. https://bloom.bg/41VnjkH 📷: Hong Kong International School

BREAKING: Philippines says former President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant. https://bloom.bg/3DzfuYH

Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk called entitlement spending — benefits including Social Security and Medicare — key targets for cuts, an assertion that directly contradicts President Donald Trump’s pledge to not touch those programs. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ijXDE9 📷: Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images

For the world’s biggest investors, 2025 is set to be a year that could generate both outrageous fortunes and embarrassing losses. Here's how they plan to invest over the year ahead: https://bloom.bg/3DpWonO

A Palestinian student activist at Columbia University who led anti-Israel protests last spring was detained by immigration authorities at his home. More here: https://bloom.bg/3FhlQfS

Mark Carney won the race to become Canada’s next prime minister, putting the former central banker in charge of the country just as US President Donald Trump’s administration threatens its economic future. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3DvuVkD 📷: Graham Hughes/Bloomberg

Schools in Beijing will introduce artificial intelligence courses to primary and secondary students to strengthen China’s goal to dominate the sector: https://bloom.bg/4bAkPvf

Cat-like robots serving food is a common sight at Japan’s largest table service restaurant chain. The country is turning to these service robots to cope with its chronic labor crunch, and the market is expected to triple by 2030: https://bloom.bg/41zYKbw

President Trump’s trade war and efforts to bring manufacturing back to the US have put one of his predecessor’s signature achievements on the firing line: the Chips and Science Act. Here's what to know: https://bloom.bg/4kwYa7a

🎙 China has set ambitious growth goals for its economy despite a crippling property crisis, mounting debt, weak consumer spending — and a trade war with the US. What's behind Beijing's plan? Find out on the Big Take Asia podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Bitcoin fell after crypto czar David Sacks said the US didn’t plan to spend additional taxpayer dollars on digital assets. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ipbnx0 📷: Justin Chin/Bloomberg

🎙 LIVE NOW: China is setting its economic growth goal at about 5% for the third year in a row. But how can it reach that target while confronting a trade war with the US? Bloomberg journalists are answering your questions in a Live Q&A ⬇ https://bloom.bg/41TmDMZ

President Donald Trump’s latest punitive tariffs on China are giving President Xi Jinping a fresh push to tackle one of the nation’s most politically difficult and much-delayed challenges. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kuBF2C 📷: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

EXCLUSIVE: Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is overhauling Reliance's retail empire to reassure investors eager for an exit option in the form of an IPO. More here: https://bloom.bg/43mUJtD