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TAG Managing Partner, Kurt Tong Speaks on Ishiba-Trump Meeting to The Japan Times

“My best guess would be that if the U.S. does some kind of blanket global policy on reciprocal tariffs, that Japan would not be excluded from that,” said TAG Managing Partner, Kurt Tong to The Japan Times, noting that Japan does not have particularly high tariffs against American products.

Read: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/japan/politics/ishiba-trump-meeting-analysis/

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