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Asia's $7.5 trillion bet on U.S. assets is suddenly unravelling
By Ruth Carson, Masaki Kondo, Rebecca Choong Wilkins, and Diana Li
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
For decades, Asia's export powerhouses had a simple financial strategy: Sell goods to the United States, then invest the proceeds in American assets.
That model is now facing its biggest threat since the 2008 global financial crisis as Donald Trump tries to remake global trade and the U.S. economy -- upending the logic behind $7.5 trillion of investments from Asia. Some of the biggest money managers say an unwind is just getting started.
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For those caught flat-footed by the shift, the pain has already been severe.
A selloff in the dollar after Trump slapped tariffs on most of the world had Taiwanese insurers reporting a $620 million loss in April alone. Then a surge of as much as 8.5% in the value of the Taiwan dollar over two days in early May raised the prospect of $18 billion in currency losses for their unhedged U.S. investments. ...
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