The Trump administration has an opportunity to leverage its tariff policy to force market reform on Asian nations – both allies and adversaries. When the President travels to Asia for trade talks with China and to attend the Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia, he needs to communicate to the government of South Korea that any strengthening of the traditional alliance between the two countries hinges on the respect for the rule of law. Right now, South Korea has some challenges in that particular area.
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President Donald Trump’s trip to South Korea to meet with the Chinese President Xi for trade negotiations is one stop on meetings with several Asian nations for the purposes of lowering trade barriers and strengthening economic
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