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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 14, 2017
Trump team sends out contradictory signals as it seeks to craft tougher China policy
The incoming U.S. administration's tough talk against China has set the stage for showdowns on everything from security to trade and cyberspace, but contradictory signals are sowing uncertainty over how far President-elect Donald Trump is prepared to go in confronting Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2017
China posts worst export fall since 2009 as fears of U.S. trade war loom
China's massive export engine sputtered for the second year in a row in 2016, with shipments falling in the face of persistently weak global demand and officials voicing fears of a trade war with the United States that is clouding the outlook for 2017.
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2017
The incoming U.S. president
With his inauguration just days away, Donald Trump still hasn't offered a coherent policy on pretty much anything.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2017
After Trump remark, Suga calls Japanese firms in U.S. 'good corporate citizens'
Accumulated direct investment by Japanese firms has totaled $411 billion, and about 840,000 people have been employed, the top government spokesman said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2017
What Alibaba's Jack Ma can teach Xi Jinping
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump isn't an emperor, or Jack Ma a lowly tributary. But in paying tribute to the incoming leader of the reigning superpower, Ma hopes to avoid the wrath of Trump Nation.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2017
China's free ride set to end once Trump is president
After relishing the Obama administration's unremitting obsequiousness toward it, Beijing must now brace up and face an assertive new U.S. team that is unlikely to put up with its covert territorial expansion and trade manipulation.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2017
What Beijing should do to counter Trumpism
If China is concerned about a reverse of globalization, its leaders should practice the free exchange they preach.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 9, 2017
Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end 'one-China' policy and China will 'take revenge'
State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that Beijing would "take revenge" if he reneged on the "one-China" policy, only hours after Taiwan's president made a controversial stopover in Houston.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2017
Charcoal becomes first Cuban export to United States in half a century
Cuba announced a landmark deal on Thursday to sell charcoal to a U.S. company, the first legal Cuban export to the United States in five decades, as part of the fragile rapprochement between the former Cold War foes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2017
How Donald Trump can make Asia great again
U.S President-elect Donald Trump's desire to shake up the status quo could prod Asia's economies to lift their game.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 4, 2017
Economists see growth on horizon for 2017
Economists say growth is expected on the back of the weak yen and due to government steps to stimulate sluggish consumption.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2017
Protectionism will make America 1953 again
A revival of protectionism will hurt America more than it will help it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2016
Five big political risks for the incoming year
A Trump White House, leadership intrigue in China and Australia, Islam unnerving Indonesia, and Kim Jong-un's tantrums threaten stability in Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2016
Trump may hand China economic leadership
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again. But his economic policies are likely to have the opposite effect

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