TPP is dead, but US-Japan trade lives on

Mark Garrison Feb 9, 2017
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TPP is dead, but US-Japan trade lives on

Mark Garrison Feb 9, 2017
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President Donald Trump will host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday. Japan and the United States swapped nearly $200 billion in stuff last year, making Japan America’s fourth-biggest trading partner. Now that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is dead, there are big questions about the future of trade between the U.S. and Japan. 

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