Can Asia’s economic growth hold up in 2026?

Can Asia’s economic growth hold up in 2026?

Author: BBC World Service January 6, 2026 Duration: 17:29

We explore how economies and companies rode out the tariff-driven economic storms of 2025 and hear how many continue to forge new partnerships in a changing world of global trade.

Asia business correspondent, Suranjana Tewari, and India business correspondent, Arunoday Mukharji, join us from Singapore and Delhi to discuss what the year might hold for the region's biggest economic players.

If you'd like to contact the programme, our email address is businessdaily@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Will Bain Producer: Matt Lines

(Picture: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping shaking hands at the Brics summit of emerging economies held in Russia in 2024. Credit: Getty Images)


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