US debt is spiraling and Asia's Treasury holders are increasingly exposed. Image: Asia Times Files / iStock

TOKYO — A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. This, with apologies to 1960s US Senator Everett Dirksen, is where Washington finds itself in 2026 — and it puts Asia on the hook. Dirksen was talking about billions, not trillions, of dollars. The Illinois lawmaker and fabled fiscal […]

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