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U S U K TRADE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 2, 2018
U.S. may claim up to $1.7 billion penalty from China's ZTE Corp.: sources
The Trump administration may soon claim as much as $1.7 billion penalty from ZTE Corp. as it looks to punish and tighten control over the Chinese telecommunications company before allowing it back into business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2018
U.S. and China take trade friction to a new level
U.S.-China trade frictions today are far severer than the Japan-U.S. trade problems of the past, and it will be much harder for Washington and Beijing to bridge their gap.
EDITORIALS
May 29, 2018
Oppose U.S. attempts to curb auto imports
If the U.S. should use the WTO to resolve trade issues rather than resort to unilateral protectionist measures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2018
Trump's trade wars would avenge only mythical casualties
Many more jobs are lost to the routine churning of the American job market than to NAFTA.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2018
U.S., China envoys clash over 'forced technology transfer' at WTO session
Chinese and U.S. envoys sparred at the World Trade Organization on Monday over U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that China steals American ideas, the subject of two lawsuits and a White House plan to slap huge punitive tariffs on Chinese goods.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2018
China is taking Trump to school on trade
The saga of Chinese tariffs and ZTE makes clear that the Trump administration hasn't thought through difficult issues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 26, 2018
Trump says China's ZTE to pay $1.3 billion fine to stay in business
President Donald Trump said the U.S. would allow Chinese telecommunications-equipment maker ZTE Corp. to remain in business after paying a $1.3 billion fine, changing its management and board and providing "high-level security guarantees."
EDITORIALS
May 21, 2018
A trade war gets put 'on hold'
U.S. President Donald Trump's desire for a successful summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and a resolution to the nuclear standoff with North Korea, is shaping his trade policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 21, 2018
U.S.-China trade truce may prove fleeting without serious reform
The newly declared economic truce between the U.S. and China will prove temporary if the world's two largest economies fail to deliver on vague commitments to rebalance trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2018
China agrees to ramp purchases of U.S. goods, but, $200 billion figure not mentioned
China has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. goods and services, the two countries said Saturday, but made no mention of a $200 billion target the White House had touted earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2018
Trump's bonfire of the treaties sweeps toward the WTO
President Donald Trump has the World Trade Organization in a chokehold, and the United States has made clear what he wants: No more judicial rulings that interpret WTO rules to Washington's disadvantage.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
Japan snaps up China-bound sorghum amid Beijing-Washington trade spat
Japanese buyers have purchased between 150,000 and 180,000 tons of U.S. sorghum carried by three vessels that were previously bound for China amid a trade spat between Beijing and Washington, according to five industry sources with knowledge of the deals.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
China offers Trump $200 billion package to slash U.S. trade deficit: U.S. officials
China has offered U.S. President Donald Trump a package of proposed purchases of American goods and other measures aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China by some $200 billion a year, U.S. officials familiar with the proposal said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2018
America's needless collision course with China
The world's most important bilateral relationship is also one of its most inscrutable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 16, 2018
Japan-China relationship is on the mend
Momentum can change trends in international relations. A series of summits in Panmunjom and Tokyo has created growing momentum toward dialogue and peace rather than pressure and tension.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2018
Trump is right on China but wrong on tariffs
Unlike previous U.S. presidents, Donald Trump dispenses with the lie that economic growth will make Beijing a better global citizen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2018
Japan and U.S. to 'move rapidly' on trade deal, ambassador says
The United States and Japan will "move rapidly" to get a trade deal under a new framework aimed at intensifying bilateral trade consultations, U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty said, keeping pressure on Tokyo to open up protected markets such as agriculture.

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