Pivot, Pushback, and Protectionism: Tariffs and Trade in U.S. Asia Policy Under Trump 2.0
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ECON 149, The Economies of East and Southeast Asia, UC Santa Cruz · May 2025
Examines how the second Trump administration’s tariffs, export controls, and pressure on Chinese tech and financial firms reshaped U.S.–China economic relations, and how Japan responded with restraint, regional trade diplomacy, and semiconductor investment to quietly advance its own strategic and economic interests.