Japan needs a big, beautiful trade deal with the United States, and the Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal has been suggested as a model. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/big-beautiful-trade-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business#nipponsteel #ussteel #us #usjapanrelations #acquisitions #donaldtrump #steel #manufacturing #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #trade
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Instead, if the US wants to succeed with a competitive manufacturing sector, it needs to look to post-war Japan. Workers were an integral part of the refinement and adaptive nature of manufacturing processes, in part because of the company-based (rather than industry-speciifc) union structure."
https://shows.acast.com/debunkingeconomics/episodes/bringing-manufacturing-home-the-japanese-way