Uncertainty surrounds the signing of this week’s trade deals amid the failure to secure reciprocity from the US to cut tariffsOn Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour of Asia – which involved stops in Malaysia, Japan and Korea – the US president triumphantly collected new trade deals from countries hoping for a reduction in the tariffs he slapped on them earlier this year.However – China aside – analysts were left asking just how much Asian nations got out of it. Continue reading...
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What – if anything – did Asian countries get out of Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour?
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