Japan, South Korea, and the Price of Partnership with the US

Alexis Dudden, Visiting Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore

30-Oct-25 07:30

Japan, South Korea, and the Price of Partnership with the US

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As US President Donald Trump wraps up his three-nation tour of Asia, he got nearly $900 billion in investment pledges from Japan and South Korea, in exchange for cutting US tariffs to 15%. Alexis Dudden, Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore, unpacks who truly benefits from these as well as how they reshape America’s economic and strategic leverage in Asia.

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Produced by: Jake Lim, Deena Khadeja

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam

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Categories: economy, politics, government, international

Tags: three-nation swing, President Lee Jae-Myung, rare earths mineral, trade, president donald trump, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, korea, us, japan, china, president xi jinping, trade agreement, ai, tech, nuclear, shipbuilding industry, quantum computing, rare earths,

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