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TARIFFS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2018
Trump holds out possible extension on 90-day China trade truce
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday held out the possibility of an extension of the 90-day trade truce he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on over the weekend that would freeze tariffs while a broader deal is negotiated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2018
Democratic senators blame Trump's tariffs and corporate greed for GM job and plant cuts
Donald Trump's trade war and corporate greed contributed to General Motors Co. cutting jobs and closing plants, Democratic senators in states affected by the decisions said ahead of an expected meeting this week with lawmakers and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra. But they differed on what weighed...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 28, 2018
China envoy warns of dire consequences if U.S. hard-liners hold sway in bid to separate economies
China is going to this week's G-20 summit hoping for a deal to ease a damaging trade war with the United States, Beijing's ambassador to Washington said on Tuesday while warning of dire consequences if U.S. hardliners try to separate the world's two largest economies.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2018
Art of the upper hand: Entrepreneur helps China firms battle Trump's $250 billion trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump's $250 billion economic battle with China has run into a one-man obstacle. A trade-war whisperer working for the other side.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2018
Auto tariffs riskier than Wall Street thinks: economist
Wall Street may be underestimating the threat of tariffs on the auto industry, according to Phil Levy, a senior fellow on global economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2018
Japanese, EU cars in the crosshairs as U.S. weighs tariffs on national security grounds
The U.S. Commerce Department has submitted draft recommendations to the White House on its investigation into whether to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on imported cars and parts on national security grounds, two administration officials said.
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.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2018
U.S. curbs exports to Chinese chip firm Fujian Jinhua as trade war intensifies
Opening a new front in its trade and technology disputes with China, the Trump administration on Monday took action to cut off a Chinese state-backed semiconductor maker from U.S. exports of components, software and technology goods.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2018
U.S. manufacturers say tariffs are pushing prices higher: Fed
U.S. factories have raised their prices because of tariffs, although inflation has appeared modest or moderate in most parts of the country, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in its latest report on the economy.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2018
China looks to historic foe Japan for lessons on handling Trump trade war
As China braces for the full impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, it's seeking to learn from Japan's economic battles with Washington during the Reagan years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2018
U.S. Treasury chief Steve Mnuchin dismisses risk of contagion from China's economic slowdown
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dismissed concerns that China's weakest economic growth since the global financial crisis could spill into other emerging markets and destabilise U.S. financial markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2018
Higher U.S. tariffs on Japanese cars less likely; trade war poses risk to Japan: poll
Higher U.S. tariffs on Japanese car exports are less likely now that the two nations have agreed to start new trade talks, economists said, but most think U.S. trade friction with China and other economies will have a significant impact on Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2018
'Winter is coming': IMF talks in Bali point to tremors rattling world economy
Woken one night by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake at the IMF annual meetings in Bali, global finance chiefs spent the week assessing the tremors now rippling through the world economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2018
U.S. business group says Trump's China tariffs costing Americans $1.4 billion a month
A coalition of U.S. business groups fighting President Donald Trump's trade tariffs has launched an advertisement aimed at telling voters ahead of the midterm elections that the measures are costing American businesses and consumers $1.4 billion a month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2018
India's aluminum producers increase sales to Japan amid industry shake-up
Indian aluminum producers including Hindalco Industries and Vedanta Ltd. are boosting sales to Japan as U.S. sanctions against Russia's Rusal and import tariffs shake up traditional supply routes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 8, 2018
China slashes banks' reserve requirements as trade war with U.S. imperils growth
China's central bank on Sunday announced a steep cut in the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves, stepping up moves to lower financing costs and spur growth amid concerns over the economic drag from an escalating trade dispute with the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 6, 2018
U.S. commerce secretary hints at anti-China 'poison pill' for new trade deals, including possible Japan pact
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross signals Washington may flex its muscles with additional trading partners — including Japan — in order to exert pressure on China to open its markets.
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.
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.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
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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