This is Japan's moment to take a leadership role and rescue free trade

Trump's tariffs accelerate Tokyo's global export pivot to soften blow from US export squeeze

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Japan's top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, speaks to the media after a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 18. © Reuters

Ivan Tselichtchev is a professor at the Niigata University of Management and author of "Asia's Turning Point" and "China Versus the West: The Global Power Shift of the 21st Century."

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