How Shinzo Abe is outsmarting Trump on trade
But things didn’t go as planned last week as the leaders of the No. 1 and No. 3 economies in the world met in Washington. There are already signs Trump won’t find Japan the compliant partner he expects—and his own policies might be to blame.Trump and Abe were discussing a bilateral trade deal intended to narrow the $60 billion U.S trade deficit with Japan, a deal Trump haswill “be something very exciting.
It might seem as though the Japanese prime minister is suddenly hardening his stance, from Trump lapdog to proud nationalist, but Abe’s obsequiousness has been about tactics. The strategy with this president, as any observer of Trump now knows, is to avoid antagonizing the White House or drawing Trump’s wrath on Twitter. Abe seems to be doing just this so that he can in fact pursue Japan’s economic interests.
Looking back over the past year, Abe’s strategy becomes clear. All along, he has hedged his bets in dealing with Washington. While Trump was slapping tariffs on steel, aluminum and $200 billion-plus of Chinese goods last year, irking allies, Abe was burnishing Japan’s free-trade bona fides. He signed the world’s largest free-trade deal with the European Union. He stuck with theAs if to amplify the point, Abe flew right to Ottawa on Sunday after his trip to Washington.
Abe is also well aware of Trump’s political vulnerabilities, and apt to exploit them to force Trump to accept a less sweeping deal.by 5 points after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report in April, and talk of impeachment is still in the air. This suggests Trump is eager for a win on the international stage. Meanwhile, Abe’s team knows American voters in the agricultural sector are hurting amid the trade war. “There’s significant concern among the U.S.
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