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Donald Trump Left Facing ‘Dilemma’ as China-Japan Spat Worsens: Analyst

Summary by South China Morning Post
White House navigates backing long-time ally Japan while preserving trade truce with China amid fraying ties between the Asian neighbours.

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Japan TodayJapan Today
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Trump can maintain good relations with both Japan and China, White House says

U.S. President Donald Trump can ‌maintain both a "good working relationship" with China and a "very strong ⁠alliance" with Japan ‍even as tensions ‍have ‍risen between those two…

·Sakado, Japan
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South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post
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Donald Trump left facing ‘dilemma’ as China-Japan spat worsens: analyst

White House navigates backing long-time ally Japan while preserving trade truce with China amid fraying ties between the Asian neighbours.

·Hong Kong
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The Us Will Maintain a Strong Us-Japan Alliance While Also Cooperating with China (Kyodo News)

[Kyodo News, Washington] White House Press Secretary Robert Levitt said at a press conference on the 11th regarding tensions between Japan and China that President Trump "believes the United States should be in a position to maintain a strong alliance with Japan while also maintaining good relations with China."

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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