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Tag: US car imports

Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japan facing major risk of recession this year

by William Pesek January 23, 2019February 18, 2020

Donald Trump’s trade war just claimed its biggest victim – and it is not China. It is Japan, a nation run by the only world leader the US president might call a friend. In recent days, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan all saw significant U-turns in their terms of trade at the end of 2018. […]

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