Will US Tariff Pressure on Japan and South Korea Push Them Closer to China?

China wins as Trump’s ‘Tariff Man’ act trashes Japan’s 2025

TOKYO — As if Japan’s economy weren’t having a rotten enough 2025, Donald Trump just upped the pressure exponentially with a 25% tariff. The same day Tokyo got disastrous news from Washington, data showed that real wages in Japan fell the fastest in 20 months in May. The 2.9% year-on-year drop marks the fifth consecutive month in […] The post China wins as Trump’s ‘Tariff Man’ act trashes Japan’s 2025 appeared first on Asia Times.

Will US tariff pressure on Japan and South Korea push them closer to China?

As Washington announces 25% reciprocal tariffs on its two Asian allies, analysts say Beijing has an opportunity with Tokyo and Seoul.

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