Exclusive with Brian Schwartz Meridith McGraw Jason Douglas: After speaking with China's Xi, Trump called Japan’s prime minister and advised her not to provoke Beijing over Taiwan Asked about the exchange with Takaichi, the White House issued a statement from Trump to The Wall Street Journal: “The United States relationship with China is very good, and that’s also very good for Japan, who is our dear and close ally. Getting along with China is a great thing for China and the U.S. In my opinion, President Xi will be substantially upping his purchase of soybean and other farm products, and anything good for our farmers is good for me. “We signed wonderful trade deals with Japan, China, South Korea, and many other nations, and the world is at peace,” Trump added. “Let’s keep it that way!”
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Ambassador, Special Assistant to the FM since 2017, International Engagement Advisor, Univ. Wakayama now, Visiting Prof. U.W. 2017-25, Japanese Ambassador to Guatemala 2013-16, Former Consul General in Miami, USA
19hDear Lingling Wei, I always enjoy your valuable reports on China I would like to comment on the article entitled “Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan”: This very useful article was covered with misleading words from Matthew Goodman, an American Asian analyst, by saying that “But the order of the calls is interesting and likely raised some eyebrows in Tokyo.” As WSJ already reported, the China-US telephone summit was conducted based on the request by Chinese President Xi. So, it was natural for President Trump to talk to PM Takaichi afterwords on Tuesday. President Trump became very close friend of Japanese PM Takaichi after the summit on October 28 in Tokyo, and during the telephone talk President Trump said that he would like PM Takaichi to call him anytime. This was based on the press interview with PM Takaich on Tuesday at PM office. All the best wishes Kawahara Eiichi Retired MOFA official Tokyo