In trade, nothing can replace the US consumer. Still, Asian countries look to each other (David Uren, The Strategist)

How will the US assault on trade affect geopolitical relations within Asia? Will nations turn to China and seek protection by trading with each other? The happy snaps a week ago of the trade ministers of China, Japan and South Korea shaking each other’s hands over progress on a trilateral trade pact suggested that possibility. The three, from nations with deep historic antipathy towards each other, said an agreement would create ‘a predicable trade and investment environment’, and they promised to speed negotiations.

In trade, nothing can replace the US consumer. Still, Asian countries look to each other | The Strategist