Tariffs have been a defining feature of US trade policy under President Donald Trump’s second administration. Since Trump unveiled his “reciprocal” tariff policy in April 2025, the landscape has shifted repeatedly.In February 2026, the US Supreme Court invalidated tariffs imposed…
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LDP Cautious over Ishin’s GDP-Linked Healthcare Spending Proposal
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) expressed caution on June 30 over a proposal by the Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin) to introduce a mechanism to manage healthcare benefit expenditures relative to GDP, as the two sides continued behind-the-scenes negotiations on…
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