Terms of Trade
Japan Edges Closer to Ratifying Trump’s Phase One Trade Deal
A container ship moored in Yokohama, Japan, in August.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to ratify a partial U.S. trade deal may have staved off President Donald Trump’s threat of auto tariffs — but that hasn’t stopped opposition lawmakers in Japan from questioning whether Abe cut a raw deal.