William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
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Trump signs the executive order withdrawing from the TPP on Jan. 23, 2017: the happiest day of Xi Jinping's presidency. © Getty Images
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