Fairway friends: Japan’s prime minister meets Donald Trump—again
Fairway friends
Japan’s prime minister meets Donald Trump—again
from The Economist
Last November, Mr Abe jumped on a plane and went to meet Mr Trump. It was Mr Trump’s first meeting with a foreign leader after his election
This time, he will bring a plan to create jobs in US by building rail links, decommissioning nuclear power plants, using JP’s pension fund
Mr Abe wants to try to bag a bilateral deal with Mr Trump who has made positive noises, which could salvage some of the substance of TPP
The explicit return for JP’s investment will be US’s commitment to defend JP includes the disputed Senkaku islands
Abe is hoping to bond with Trump over a golf like his grandfather who played golf with Eisenhower 3 years before they signed security treaty
Cosying up to a leader many Japanese distrust is a political risk for Mr Abe and will also further alienate China
