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...Nonetheless, economic growth and employment both improved in the Abe years, partly thanks to a weaker yen. And there has been no debt crisis, despite the warnings of the critics....
...Vietnam’s recent accession to the trans-Pacific CPTPP trading group and signing of a free trade agreement with the EU will require Vietnam to begin allowing independent trade unions, although their potential...
...farm groups are ramping up pressure on Donald Trump to quickly launch trade talks with Tokyo, as they face mounting evidence of lost sales and market share in Japan following America’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific...
...index in Hong Kong finished 0.1 per cent lower Forex and fixed income The dollar index was flat at 89.78 as the euro inched up 0.1 per cent to $1.2332 and the greenback rose 0.1 per cent against the yen...
...Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction Thursday TPP deal The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement will be signed in Santiago de Chile....
...A year later, as participants drafted the massive Trans-Pacific free trade deal, investors quickly identified Yoshinoya, which imports 11,000 tonnes of US beef a year, as a clear beneficiary....
...Mr Abe is due to meet Mr Trump in Washington later this week, with the two leaders set to discuss trade ties in the wake of the president’s withdrawal from the multi-lateral Trans-Pacific Partnership....
...During the press conference, the yen reversed losses of as much as 0.5 per cent earlier in the day and climbed as much as 0.3 per cent against the US dollar....
...What’s more, the weaker yen is fuelling price pressures”, said Marcel Thieliant, senior Japan economist at Capital Economics....
...Now, after Mr Trump emphasised protectionism is his inauguration address — and has already declared an intention to withdraw from the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement — some investors...
...As Mr Abe may gently have to remind Mr Trump, Tokyo last intervened against the yen in 2011....
...He said Japan’s government will keep trying to persuade Donald Trump to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, even though the US president has vehemently rejected it....
...Since Mr Trump’s early abandonment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Asia has largely escaped the White House spotlight, but there is a wide assumption that this can only last so long....
...The heavy lifting on Tokyo, said traders, came primarily from the yen and its sharp overnight drop against the dollar....
...Tokyo’s broad Topix index, which closed Monday down 1.2 per cent, lost a further 0.6 per cent in the face of the stronger yen....
...Global stocks fell back and the dollar extended last week’s broad retreat as core government bonds, the yen and gold moved higher....
...Other pressure points cited are ongoing supply-demand imbalance in the trans-Atlantic and headwinds from its Yen hedge positions....
...Other pressure points cited are ongoing supply-demand imbalance in the trans-Atlantic and headwinds from its Yen hedge positions,” the company said in a statement....
...Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders would gain momentum in their presidential primaries, while the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal — a crucial part of Mr Abe’s reform agenda in Japan — would falter....
...One theory, advanced by Nomura, is that the end is in sight for food-price inflation, as further yen depreciation becomes less likely....
...In yen terms, food exports surged by 24.3 per cent to Y599bn last year, even as overall exports rose by a disappointing 3.5 per cent....
...Shinzo Abe has moved quickly to defuse an agricultural backlash as the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal brought Japan’s prime minister a much-needed political victory....
...The yen jumped on news of his resignation before falling back. “Politically, this will stabilise the government....
...Mr Abe’s attempts to impose historic changes to Japan’s military posture are unpopular; showcase policies, such as support for the Trans Pacific Partnership, have been derailed by stalled negotiations; at...
...Lack of access to RTGS facilities for dollar, yen or Deutschemark payments currently, for example, does not deter their use now in the major international financial centres....
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