Abe Faces One of His Biggest Tests of Salesmanship Yet With Trump
- ‘We don’t know what he will do next, so we are nervous’
- Japan had second-largest trade surplus with U.S. in 2016
Morgan Stanley's Sharma on Japan's U.S. Strategy
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has often spoken of his role as Japan’s top salesman, pitching everything from nuclear power plants to high-speed trains.
He’ll have to draw on that experience over the next few days for one of his biggest tests yet: Selling U.S. President Donald Trump on the merits of a decades-old alliance, while also reassuring voters at home that the billionaire real estate developer is a reliable partner.