South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom

After meetings between Japan, South Korea and China, Beijing is talking about a new relationship of strength. Closer cooperation is supposed to cushion Trump's tariffs. Only: The engrossed countries seem to know nothing about it.

Donald Trump probably wants to announce more tariffs today. In response to US tariffs, Canada and Germany are promoting more free trade. China, Japan and South Korea are also moving.

China Looks to Neighbors as Trump Tariffs Loom

Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo have agreed to cooperate more closely on free trade.

Trump tariff fallout: U.S.’ closest allies Japan & South Korea woo China | Will more follow suit?

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war just triggered an unexpected alliance—China, Japan, and South Korea are joining forces. Is the U.S. pushing its closest allies straight into China’s arms? As April 2nd—Trump’s so-called ‘Liberation Day’—approaches, global markets are in freefall, and gold is hitting record highs. But who really wins and loses in this battle? Japan and South Korea have long relied on U.S. trade, but now they’re cutting dea…

China-Korea-Japan trade statement a shot across the bow, but to what end?

China, Japan and South Korea this week issued a joint statement backing a “rules-based” multilateral trade system and vowing to step up work on a trilateral free trade agreement, a step that marks a rhetorical “shot across the bow” against President Trump’s imminent “reciprocal” tariffs but stops short of signaling concrete policy changes that could deter the U.S., analysts tell Inside U.S. Trade. Trade and economic ministers from the three coun…

China, South Korea And Japan To Jointly Counter Trump's Tariffs, Say Reports

As per Chinese State Media, the three neighbouring countries held their first economic dialogue in five years, in which they discussed how to counter the tariffs from the United States.