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China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", wh...
From Reuters
Trump, since beginning his second term, had already placed 20% additional tariffs on imports from the nation.
From Wall Street Journal
President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on America’s trading partners has widened the rift between the United States and some of its closest allies while reconfiguring the global ec...
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A series of provocative moves by the US administration of President Donald Trump, paired with his renewed tariff war, are poised to escalate tensions with Beijing, dimming hopes for a summit between the Chinese and American leaders,
China vows retaliation; India faces lower levies than rest of South Asia; EU leaders express dismay; already-taxed Canada and Mexico not in new list.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wrapped up a high-level meeting Sunday with a stark warning that security threats in the Asia Pacific region are “severe,
Japan lodged a protest over a Chinese statement on the meeting which it said misquoted Ishiba as saying that Tokyo “respected the positions explained by the Chinese side”. Japan’s foreign ministry denied the statement had been made by Ishiba.
The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global uncertainty.
Japan, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have joined the US and EU in expressing concern over China’s two days of military drills around Taiwan that ended late on Wednesday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tokyo had conveyed its concern to Beijing over the latest Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) exercises around Taiwan.
Japan's Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi have agreed to cooperate toward promoting a strategic and mutually beneficial relationship.
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that Japan was indispensable in tackling Chinese aggression by helping Washington establish a "credible" deterrence in the region, including across the Taiwan Strait.
China's launches drills around Taiwan to "severely punish" the island's pro-independence leader, as the U.S. boosts its war footing in Japan to deter Chinese "aggression."