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TRADE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 21, 2017
How Trump's plans might deal a blow to Japanese firms
If Trump tries to realign the global structure of manufacturing industries that have become heavily concentrated in Asia, Japanese firms will be hit hard.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2017
Abe, U.S. lawmakers agree to work on economic ties, trade after summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a group of lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives agreed in Tokyo on Monday to further strengthen bilateral ties, including in economic areas, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2017
Japan logs first trade deficit in five months in January at ¥1.09 trillion
Japan posted its first goods trade deficit in five months in January, logging red ink of ¥1.09 trillion ($9.7 billion) as imports increased more than exports on rising commodity prices, the government said Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2017
Washington PR offensive fails to quell Europe's anxiety over Trump
One month into the unusual presidency of Donald Trump, his most senior Cabinet members were deployed to Brussels, Bonn and Munich this past week to reassure nervous Europeans that everything would be OK.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2017
Japan, EU agree to push bilateral trade deal
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that he and European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom had confirmed their resolve to swiftly conclude free trade negotiations between the two economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2017
Trump vs. loose economics
Trade liberalization is a worthy goal. But it should come about through carefully crafted bilateral deals rather than blunderbuss multilateral agreements.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2017
U.S. urged Japan to refer to bilateral FTA in joint statement: sources
In drafting a joint statement for release after the summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, Washington urged Tokyo to refer to signing a bilateral free trade agreement, sources close to the matter said.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
Trust vs. protection in trade
In 15 months, Britain will host a large meeting in London that may sound like it comes from yesterday but in fact belongs to tomorrow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2017
Japan's export-driven growth on shaky ground amid sluggish domestic demand
After another year of modest expansion, Japan's export-driven growth may be on shaky ground as uncertainty looms over its trading partners, bolstering the case for measures to improve sluggish demand at home.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 14, 2017
Efforts underway to arrange Pence visit to Japan in April for economic talks
The Japanese and U.S. governments are in talks for Vice President Mike Pence to visit Tokyo in April for a bilateral economic dialogue, a Japanese source said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2017
Deja vu as currency traders forced to brush up on trade data skills
Currency traders accustomed to analyzing the Fed's dot plot and monthly U.S. jobs figures to divine the direction of the dollar are having to learn, or in some cases re-learn, a forgotten skill: how to scrutinize trade data.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2017
Abe and Trump take baby steps on trade
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump kick off their summit talks in Florida with an agreement to launch a new bilateral dialogue on trade.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2017
New report says Mexico-U.S. border wall will cost $21 billion, take over 3 years to build
President Donald Trump's "wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border will be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) internal report seen Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2017
China's exports and imports rose in January and trade gap with U.S. eased, preliminary data show
China reported better-than-expected trade data for January as demand picked up both at home and abroad, an encouraging start to 2017 for the world's largest trading nation even as Asia's exporters brace for a rise in U.S. protectionism.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2017
Trump to meet Canada's Trudeau on Monday for talks on trade
President Donald Trump will host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, the White House said on Thursday, a meeting in which trade and a major crude oil pipeline are likely to be on the agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2017
Can golf diplomacy help Abe score win-win on trade and defense?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is betting a round of golf with President Donald Trump will help protect Japan's crucial auto industry and strengthen defense ties with the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2017
China invites Britain to attend new Silk Road summit, sources say
eijing/London
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2017
White House eyeing executive order targeting 'conflict minerals' rule, sources say
President Donald Trump is planning to issue an executive order targeting a controversial Dodd-Frank rule that requires companies to disclose whether their products contain "conflict minerals" from a war-torn part of Africa, according to sources familiar with the administration's thinking.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2017
U.S. 2016 trade gap with Japan was second-largest; deficit with China is half the total
The U.S. trade deficit in goods with Japan was its second-largest in 2016, totaling $68.94 billion, according to new U.S. government data.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2017
JETRO to push Japan-India business collaboration in Africa
The Japan External Trade Organization plans to promote partnerships between Japanese and Indian companies looking to expand their presence in Africa by leveraging their mutual expertise, JETRO officials said.

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