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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 6, 2017
Will Trump be able to save face in Beijing?
Shortly after Donald Trump's surprise election win, Barack Obama gave some advice to President Xi Jinping in the final minutes of their last meeting as leaders of the world's biggest economies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2017
Speaking in Tokyo, Trump vows to push Japan for more 'reciprocal' trade, but in a friendly way
U.S. President Donald Trump, charging "Japan has been winning" on trade in recent decades, said he will push for more reciprocal trade with Washington's close U.S. ally- but in a friendly way.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 31, 2017
South Korea, China seek to mend relations after THAAD fallout
South Korea and China have agreed to work swiftly to get their relations back on track following a yearlong standoff over the deployment of a controversial U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2017
Heading for a NAFTA showdown?
U.S President Donald Trump's war over the North American Free Trade Agreement is heating up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2017
Energy edges out tech, finance in CEO lineup for Trump's upcoming China visit
U.S. energy and commodities firms will make up a major part of a business delegation visiting Beijing at the same time as U.S. President Donald Trump goes to China in November, according to an initial list.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2017
Automakers launch coalition to get Trump to back off trade talks, say 'we're winning with NAFTA'
Major automakers, suppliers and auto dealers launched a new coalition on Tuesday to urge U.S. President Donald Trump not to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 23, 2017
Abe, post-election, faces a new Trump problem
The odds of Japan getting advantageous terms in direct talks with a U.S. president who's torn up myriad deals since January are tiny.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2017
NAFTA talks look to be extended as tensions, and doubts over Trump's sincerity, surge
Negotiators at talks to modernize NAFTA are running out of time and look set to extend the remaining rounds in a bid to meet an end-of-year deadline as tensions rise, three sources said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2017
U.S. hikes tensions in talks to renew NAFTA with call for 'sunset clause'
Washington has dramatically increased tensions in talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement by proposing that the life span of any new deal be limited to five years, people familiar with the negotiations said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2017
South Koreans seek to visit once-jointly run factory zone in North
A group of South Korean businessmen who own factories in the Kaesong industrial complex inside North Korea said Wednesday they want to visit to verify the North's claim that it had restarted some operations there on its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2017
South Korea to offer tax help, loans to firms hit by China trade row
South Korea said it will offer tax and loan concessions to firms hit by trade sanctions China imposed in retaliation against Seoul's deployment of a powerful anti-missile defense system, highlighting the broader impact of intensifying tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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