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Abe's Trump problem: Get Japan to buy US cars

Published Wed, Jan 25, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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AS Japan races to preserve US trade ties after President Donald Trump withdrew from a Pacific trade pact, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a dilemma that has plagued Japanese leaders since the 1980s: How to convince his citizens to buy American cars?

Mr Trump singled out Japan for failing to purchase US vehicles when he formally pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on Monday. Japan is the second largest economy among the 12 member nations and has been one of its leading advocates.

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