William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Seoul's counter punches expose limits of US president's economic coercion

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump meet at the White House in Washington on Aug. 25. © Reuters
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."