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Nikkei 225 broke 52,000 as records continue to topple, with the surprise rally remaining strong despite significant economic uncertainty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/markets/nikkei-52000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #nikkei #stocks #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #malaysia #china
The one-year truce struck between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely to only stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies rather than resolve fundamental differences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/trump-xi-truce-buy-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uschinarelations #trade #donaldtrump #xijinping
Let's be clear, I'm not spinning a yarn where Xi Jinping and the CCP are the good guys. The Marxist left made that mistake with that old fascist Stalin and the USSR, and it's not a mistake this old anarchist intends to repeat.
What I'm saying is that Chinese foreign policy is self-interested, but *not* expansionist in a military conquest sense. This does not appear to have helped the people of Ukraine much. But in a world where Pax Americana is clearly over, it may be a ray of hope.
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This analysis fits the pattern of a US whose power on the world stage is in decline. While China is ascendant, but just taking care of business, not showing any expansionist ambitions (unlike Putin);
A 19th-century showdown between China and the West began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/politics/19th-century-opium-war-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #uk #opium #drugs #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will seek a truce in their trade war on Thursday, with the U.S. president predicting a "great meeting" but Beijing being more circumspect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/world/politics/trump-xi-trade-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #china #xijinping #southkorea #apec
No projects were finalized under Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge while U.S. President Donald Trump was in Japan for a three-day visit heavy on sentiment but light on substance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/economy/japan-us-investment-no-deals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
U.S. President Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday for the last leg of his Asia trip, optimistic about a trade-war truce with China after summit talks with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/politics/trump-south-korea-trade-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #apec #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #leejaemyung #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #taiwan #china #xijinping
Toyota plans to ship vehicles produced at its U.S. plants to Japan, according to a document on an investment framework between Japan and the United States released by the U.S. government on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/toyota-car-imports-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #usjapanrelations #us #cars #toyota #trade
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said that the U.S. can win the AI battle if the world, including China’s massive developer base, runs on Nvidia systems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/tech/nvidia-ai-supercomputers-us-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #jensenhuang #chipmakers #semiconductors #ai #china #us #trade
Pickup trucks such as Ford's top-selling F-150 have now become a symbol of international trade talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/trump-japan-hot-truck/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #trucks #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #trade
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Rare-earth producers are working to expand U.S. supplies of the tiny but vital industrial components at the heart of a global trade showdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/rare-earths-us-boom-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rareearths #trade #us #china #tech
Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators have lined up an array of diplomatic wins for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to unveil at a summit this week. Those easy hits are pleasing investors, but leave deeper conflicts unresolved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/us-china-trade-truce-issues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #china
Thanks to his diplomatic work during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will walk away with a trade deal that other nations have spent months negotiating for in Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/asia-pacific/politics/anwar-malaysia-dealmaking-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #anwaribrahim #donaldtrump #us #malaysia #asean #trade
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was holding her first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with trade and security issues on the agenda, as Japan’s new leader looks to cultivate ties with her counterpart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-us-japan-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #trade #tariffs #investments #budgets #ldp
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