观点美日关系

Japan confronts the increased price of US friendship

The Japanese government cannot spin its one-sided $550bn investment commitment to Trump’s America as a win

There were several moments during Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa’s celebratory joint video statement last week where you wondered if Japan’s chief trade negotiator was speaking of his own free will.

“You . . . think about what was good for Japan. I really felt so . . . You are a very nice guy for me and also for the Japanese people and Japan,” said Akazawa, praising the successful conclusion of trade talks and beaming at the US commerce secretary as a hostage with Stockholm syndrome might. 

Other nations must learn and practice Akazawa’s exact expression: the great grimace of friendship with the US, version 2.0.

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