TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left New York relieved that he managed to dodge a 25% tariff on automobiles. But the arrangement with U.S. President Donald Trump could come with an expensive price tag, in the form of procuring more American-made military equipment.
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A Japan Self-Defense Forces soldier stands before a U.S.-made PAC-3 missile interceptor unit.
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