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TRADE

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2022
Omicron pushes Hong Kong’s import supply chain to brink of collapse
A slashing of flights that bring everything from Australian cherries to wagyu beef into the financial hub is set to raise costs and boost inflation
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 6, 2022
Advancing the trade cure
Trade liberalization and international economic cooperation can help the world weather whatever crisis comes its way.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2022
Is strategic cooperation between the U.S. and China possible?
Attitudes on both sides are hardening, with Washington and Beijing settling into a comfortable but unproductive certitude that it occupies the moral high ground.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2021
Expect more shipping chaos as omicron forces transport workers to quit
The transport industry is bracing for another roller coaster year of supply-chain disruptions as seafarers refuse to get back on ships and truck drivers quit over COVID-19 concerns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2021
China will need world’s grain to feed home-grown meat ambitions
China's reaffirmation of a goal to be almost entirely self-sufficient in pork production means it will keep scooping up global grain supplies to feed the world's largest pig herd.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2021
The U.S. can’t keep dodging the trade issue in Asia
China trades nearly three times as much with the rest of the region as the U.S. does and far outpaces Washington in economic diplomacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2021
Gaming controllers hit bumps on way to U.S. consumers
The global supply chain breakdown during the pandemic has overwhelmed ports and left manufacturers, retailers, railroads and truckers scrambling to get goods to shelves.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. pitches truce to Japan over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs
The proposed truce comes as the Biden administration aims to sign what could prove a 'very powerful” economic framework agreement with Asian nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2021
The end of free money
Rising inflation does not look to be a just a temporary problem, and supply bottlenecks are not the only cause.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2021
What it will take to make the world’s ships run on time
Part of the problem has to do with how we think of supply chains. They are not really chain-like in the sense of linear pathways. If they were, the problems would be easier to fix.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2021
A better CPTPP would include both the U.S. and China
Tokyo must exert its influence over Beijing's involvement in building regional rules and order and convince Washington to return to a multilateral trade framework in Asia.

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