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Japan, South Korea, and the Price of Partnership with the US

Japan, South Korea, and the Price of Partnership with the US

Update: 2025-10-29
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As US President Donald Trump wraps up his three-nation tour of Asia, he got nearly $900 billion in investment pledges from Japan and South Korea, in exchange for cutting US tariffs to 15%. Alexis Dudden, Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore, unpacks who truly benefits from these as well as how they reshape America’s economic and strategic leverage in Asia.

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Japan, South Korea, and the Price of Partnership with the US

Japan, South Korea, and the Price of Partnership with the US

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