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True friend or security threat? Japan dumbfounded by veto of US Steel deal
The decision underscores the difficulty of ‘friendshoring’ and could deter some foreign investments in the US, says an expert
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Mr Biden’s veto comes days before he vacates the White House for the mercurial Donald Trump.
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TOKYO - What does it mean to be a friend and an ally?
The US has in the past trumpeted Japan as its “true friend”, their bilateral alliance the “bedrock” of Indo-Pacific security, with Japan hosting more than 50,000 American troops.
