Manufacturing activity across most of Asia contracted in April, with companies struggling with weaker demand and pausing new orders in the face of US President Donald Trump’s baseline 10% tariff.Purchasing managers indexes for the region’s factory giants,

The first set of S&P Global’s purchasing managers indexes since the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries signaled a pullback in manufacturing in the region last month.

President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.