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Japan is a test case for Trump's tariff deals. But talks may be tortuous
By John Geddie, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Trevor Hunnicutt TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Tokyo's top trade negotiator met U.S. President Donald Trump for tariff talks at the White House earlier this ...
Asia is winning the trade war—at least as far as stock markets are concerned
Japan’s TOPIX index is in positive territory for the past 6 months, up 0.37% for the period. It’s an example of a global ...
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Tech, autos boost Japan’s Nikkei on receding trade war worries
Chip shares won big, with Tokyo Electron and Advantest the Nikkei’s two top movers in index-point terms. Nintendo jumped 5.4% ...
Why Trade Wars Lead to Real Wars—and This Time May Be No Different
"In essence, what China now declares is that it is prepared to fight to the end: trade war, tariff war, technology war, or real war," Victor Gao of the Center for China and Globalization, a Beijing ...
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Trump’s trade war leaves China’s neighbors walking a fine line
TOKYO — As President Donald Trump targets allies and foes alike with tariffs in his quest to reshape the global trading system, China sees an opportunity to drive a wedge between its neighbors ...
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Trade wars grew America’s auto industry. Historians warn today’s tariffs won’t
Past success bringing foreign car companies stateside means the U.S. has more to lose and less to gain in today’s trade wars.
Sino-US trade war redrawing global LPG trading, outlook
The global liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market is facing an upheaval as high tariffs on U.S. imports force Chinese buyers to ...
California overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy. But tariffs pose threat
If California were its own country, its economy would now rank as the fourth largest of any nation in the globe, Gov. Gavin ...