Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America

Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America

The geopolitical landscape shifted dramatically over the past five years. America’s hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 followed by its deepening entanglement in the Ukraine war – now widely understood as a grinding proxy conflict between NATO and Russia – laid bare the limits of US power.  In the Middle East, Washington has struggled to […] The post Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America appeared first on Asia Tim…

Walmart's Presence At China's Biggest Trade Show Raises Supply Chain Decoupling Doubts

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US-China tariff war collapses trade in key petroleum product

The price of propane has plummeted in the US because selling to China is no longer viable. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China's US Decoupling Collapses Trade in Key Petroleum Product

(Bloomberg) — It’s been just days since China responded to US tariffs with its own set of eye-watering levies, but one corner of the petroleum market is already in crisis as bilateral trade collapses between the two heavyweights.

China’s US Decoupling Collapses Trade in Key Petroleum Product

It’s been just days since China responded to US tariffs with its own set of eye-watering levies, but one corner of the petroleum market is already in crisis as bilateral trade collapses between the two heavyweights.

US-China decoupling is crossing a Rubicon

Sino-American relations were in slow decline. President Donald Trump’s trade war, and counterpart Xi Jinping's pledge to fight back, sets the stage for a messy divorce. A look at finance, investment, people and geopolitics show substantial ties vulnerable to fracture.