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TRADE

Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 17, 2019
Huawei ban seen clouding U.S.-China trade talks and tech sector
A U.S. bid to block China's Huawei Technologies from buying vital American technology threw into question prospects for sales at some of the largest tech companies and drew a sharp rebuke from Beijing, further ratcheting up tensions over trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2019
Trump weighs six-month window for Japan and EU to agree cuts in auto imports into U.S. before tariffs
The U.S. president will refrain from imposing tariffs for up to six months as trade negotiations with both parties are underway.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
May 15, 2019
China vows 'people's war' as trade fight with U.S. takes nationalist turn
Among China's most surprising responses to the trade war has been its reluctance to use its vast state media empire to rally the home front. That's changed since U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff barrage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 15, 2019
Upbeat comments from Trump, China halt global stock skid
World stocks held near two-month lows on Tuesday as slightly more optimistic comments from U.S. and Chinese officials on trade brought some comfort, a day after equities suffered their worst selloff so far this year.
EDITORIALS
May 14, 2019
Key index shows the economy is 'worsening'
Is the Abe administration's economic boom over?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2019
Trump says U.S. farmers will get $15 billion in aid amid China trade war
President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration was planning to provide about $15 billion in aid to help U.S. farmers whose products may be targeted with tariffs by China amid a deepening trade war.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2019
The U.S. and China play a dangerous game
The U.S. commitment to unilateral acts of protectionism and China's determination to build a world-class economy by tilting the domestic business landscape bodes ill for a solution anytime soon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2019
U.S.-China trade talks as seen from Tokyo
The longer the showdown between the world's two biggest economies persists, the more divided into two digital economic blocs the global economy will become.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2019
Trade war could trigger 'interesting times'
If China slides into a huge recession, it will drag the rest of the world with it.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2019
White House adviser says Trump and Xi likely to hold talks at Osaka G20 meeting in June
President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are likely to meet during a Group of 20 summit in Osaka at the end of June and discuss trade, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2019
All eyes on Uber's second day of trading after debut flop amid Trump trade war and Lyft's drag
Uber's bruised investors have had the weekend to prep for what looks like a rough Monday for markets, partly because the escalation of President Donald Trump's tariff spat with China is set to hammer sentiment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2019
China still 'cautiously optimistic' on U.S. trade talks despite new tariffs
China and the United States have agreed to hold more trade talks in Beijing, Vice Premier Liu He said as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his trade chief to begin the process of imposing tariffs on all remaining imports from China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 11, 2019
Trump-China trade fight unfolds as deeper conflict takes shape
As the U.S.-China trade fight deepens, the two superpowers — one incumbent and one rising — are sizing each other up and deciding whether they can coexist.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2019
Once opposed by Republicans, U.S. Senate OKs EXIM Bank nominees and restores lending powers
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Donald Trump's choice of three new board members of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, filling vacancies that had long prevented the agency from financing large sales of exports such as commercial aircraft.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 8, 2019
U.S.-Japan trade realities: Unconventional multilateralism
The initial trade talks between U.S. and Japanese negotiators are incomplete. There is a strong desire to conclude a bilateral U.S.-Japan trade agreement, but there are many specific aspects and technical issues that will need to be ironed out before an agreement can be reached. Moreover, both sides...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 8, 2019
Tariff war renewed? How U.S.-China trade talks could play out after Beijing's backtrack
U.S. President Donald Trump's latest trade gamble has set the stage for a tense round of negotiations this week between the U.S. and China, which has the markets on edge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2019
Will Trump's 'art of the deal' work with China?
Don't expect an early end to the U.S.-China trade war.
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2019
The theory that (might) explain Trump's trade war
One school of economic thought argues that bilateral agreements are better than multilateral ones.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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