Editorial

14:30 JST, April 29, 2025

The high tariff policy of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown the global economy into turmoil, and the free trade regime that has supported postwar development is in crisis.

Japan should work with the European Union and others to expand connections protecting free trade among countries, based on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Countries and regions that have relied on the United States as a major export market are at a historic turning point, forced to rethink their trade strategies in response to Trump’s tariffs.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s agreement with the Vietnamese prime minister during his visit to that country to strengthen a multilateral free trade regime reflects the two leaders’ shared understanding of the........

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