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CHINA U S TRADE WAR

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2018
SoftBank may sell stake in chip firm Nvidia in 2019 in move that could make $3 billion: sources
SoftBank Group Corp. is planning to offload its stake in Nvidia Corp. early next year as shares in the graphics chipmaker continue to slide, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2018
Economic slump, trade war, spy claims cloud horizon for China's top airshow
Trade frictions with the United States and accusations of industrial espionage are set to cast a cloud over China's largest aerospace meeting this week, as suppliers consider what the country's slowing economy could mean for booming jet demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 1, 2018
GM offers buyouts to cut costs despite strong quarter as Trump tariffs, China slide bite
General Motors Co. on Wednesday stepped up efforts to cut costs in response to tariff and market pressures, even as it reported third-quarter profit that blew past Wall Street expectations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 19, 2018
Japan exports rise on growing U.S.-bound shipments amid trade war fears
Export growth accelerated in August in a sign that escalating trade friction between Washington and Beijing has yet to hit Japanese trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2018
Worst fears avoided as U.S. slaps new tariffs on China, sparing Japanese businesses — for now
The additional 10 percent in tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports eased the market's worst fear that Trump would follow through with more punitive measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2018
Trump reportedly ready to back $200 billion in China tariffs next week
President Donald Trump wants to move ahead with a plan to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as a public-comment period concludes next week, according to six people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2018
Japanese firms face tough choices as U.S.-China trade war drags on
The companies must either make massive changes to how their products are assembled or bide their time until a compromise is reached.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2018
Trade war and protectionism heaping new strains on America Inc.'s factories in China
Larry Sloven arrived in southern China three decades ago, just as the region was taking off as the low-cost manufacturing center of the world. Since then, he has exported millions of dollars of goods, ranging from power tools to LED lights, to some of America's biggest retailers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2018
Hackers at 'China's MIT' targeted U.S. firms, government after Alaska trade mission: researchers
Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2018
Trump going ahead with tariffs on $16 billion more in Chinese imports
The U.S. said it will begin imposing 25 percent duties on an additional $16 billion in Chinese imports in two weeks, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 31, 2018
China says it will strive to hit growth target despite challenges
China will keep its economic growth within a reasonable range and achieve this year's growth target despite challenges, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday, amid an intensifying trade war with the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2018
Trump blasts Beijing's retaliatory tariffs as bid to target U.S. farmers for concessions
U.S. President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of targeting American farmers in a "vicious" way and using them as leverage to get trade concessions a day after the administration announced a $12 billion farm aid package.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2018
Why do you keep silent, Mr. Xi?
China should not repeat Japan's mistake of underestimating the resoluteness of America.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2018
Trump to visit St. Louis Boeing plant to tout impact of tax overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit a Boeing Co. plant in St. Louis on Wednesday to tout the impact of the tax overhaul bill signed into law in December, a White House official said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2018
Trump pressures China on trade, presses on with tariff plan as moderates exit
U.S. President Donald Trump looked set on Wednesday to authorize steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum this week as he stepped up pressure against China to develop a plan to reduce its trade imbalance with the United States by $1 billion.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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