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Post-Bannon Trump administration could take harder line on trade

Any hopes by TPP members that US support for deal can be rekindled are doomed to disappointment: analysts

Published Sun, Aug 20, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

THE firing by US President Donald Trump of his chief strategist Steve Bannon, a fierce opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in which Japan has invested heavily, has sparked hopes in Tokyo of a softer Washington line on the TPP and other US trade accords important to the country.

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso will reportedly head for the US next month to …

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