Are the tariffs pushing Japan and China together? This wasn’t supposed to happen was it:
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What China “urges”, and what Japan does, may be two different things. TIG has also put many countries on notice that he will require them to make a choice: trade with the US, or trade with China. Each country will be looking at which market makes them more loot.
The Southeast Asian nation is in a tight spot as it tries to preserve trade with the U.S., which is its largest export market and a security partner. At the same time, Hanoi does not want to antagonize China, which is a top source of investment as well as a neighbour with which it has clashed over boundaries in the South China Sea.
Steve
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