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TARIFFS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2019
U.S. wins WTO ruling against China grain import quotas in Obama-era case
The United States won a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on Thursday against China's use of tariff-rate quotas for rice, wheat and corn, which it successfully argued limited market access for U.S. grain exports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2019
U.S. planes, tractors and food on EU tariff list over Boeing-Airbus subsidy spat
Planes, tractors, food and handbags featured on a list of U.S. imports worth $20 billion that the European Union said on Wednesday it could hit with tariffs in a transatlantic aircraft subsidy dispute.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2019
Toyota executive likens Trump's auto tariffs to 'pulling the pin out of the grenade'
Toyota Motor Corp. warned the Trump administration will inflict serious economic damage if it elects to hit cars and components with tariffs on national security grounds.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 16, 2019
Japan can learn a thing or two from Canada about dealing with Trump on trade
As Tokyo anxiously prepared for trade talks with the United States that started this week, one of the chief concerns of the Abe government and Japan's private sector was what to expect when negotiating with the Trump administration, and to glean insights from how Canada survived the process.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2019
Resolution to U.S.-China trade war not too far away, GE boss Larry Culp says
U.S.-China relations will continue to evolve as negotiations stretch over the decades, but a resolution to the current trade dispute will likely happen in the "not too distant future," General Electric Co.'s Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2019
U.S. backing off demand for China to ax state subsidies, sources say
U.S. negotiators have tempered demands that China curb industrial subsidies as a condition for a trade deal after strong resistance from Beijing, according to two sources briefed on discussions, marking a retreat on a core U.S. objective for the trade talks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2019
U.S. 'not satisfied yet' in China trade talks, says White House official
U.S. officials are "not satisfied yet" about all the issues standing in the way of a deal to end the U.S.-China trade war but made progress in talks with China last week, a top White House official said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2019
China will continue to suspend extra tariffs on U.S. vehicles and auto parts
China's State Council said on Sunday that the country would continue to suspend additional tariffs on U.S. vehicles and auto parts after April 1, in a goodwill gesture following a U.S. decision to delay tariff hikes on Chinese imports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2019
Canadians question ratification of North American trade deal with Trump tariffs still intact, Ottawa official says
Many Canadians question why Ottawa should ratify a new North American free trade deal given Washington's refusal to lift U.S. tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from its northern neighbor, a top Canadian official said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 20, 2019
Asian business sentiment lingers near three-year low as U.S.-China trade war drags: survey
Confidence among Asian companies held near three-year lows in the first quarter as a U.S.-China trade dispute dragged on, pulling down a global economy that is already on a downward path, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey found.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2019
Trump's trade war cost U.S. economy $7.8 billion in 2018, study says
President Donald Trump's trade battles cost the U.S. economy $7.8 billion in lost gross domestic product in 2018, according to a study by a team of economists at leading American universities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2019
Ford fears double-whammy from May's no-deal Brexit tariffs
Ford Motor Co. said it will be hit twice by U.K. tariffs to be imposed in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 12, 2019
Finance Minister Taro Aso ponders tariffs in spat with South Korea over wartime labor
Finance Minister Taro Aso said tariffs were among the measures Japan could take against South Korea if a dispute over wartime labor worsens between the major trading partners.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2019
Japan weighs hiking tariffs on South Korean products amid wartime labor dispute
Japan is considering raising tariffs on some South Korean products in response to the seizure and possible sale of assets from two Japanese companies that were sued over the issue of wartime labor, sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2019
Evidence grows that Trump's trade wars are hitting U.S. economy and Americans are footing the tariffs
President Donald Trump regularly declares that he's winning his trade wars. Yet evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is a net loser so far.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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