Asia grows resistant to loyalty tests by US, China: ADB chief

Kanda says tariff uncertainty tests regional postwar trade system

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Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda spoke with Nikkei about the "unprecedented uncertainty" faced by Asian economies. (Photo by Kosuke Takeuchi)

TAKESHI KAWANAMI

WASHINGTON -- Asian countries are increasingly pursuing "strategic independence," avoiding taking a side in the U.S.-China rivalry as tariffs threaten to upend the region's postwar economic order, Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda told Nikkei.

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