Rolling over for extorter-in-chief Trump will not end well for Asia

Region needs a completely new playbook to deal with blunderbuss presidency

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025. © AP

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."

With Donald Trump now levying a 104% tariff on Chinese imports, it's time Asia switched tactics on this U.S. presidency -- and radically so.

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