EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The international trading system is in turmoil. When the author’s Dilemmas of a Trading Nation was first published in August 2017, the United States and Japan were on the cusp of redefining their path as trading nations. The momentous change was best crystallized in the American decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership … Continue reading Reinventing the trading nation: Japan, the United States, and the future of Asia-Pacific trade