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The Straits Times (23 July 2025)

Bhagyashree Garekar

It’s not easy to catch Washington’s formidable trade lobbies and relentless, scoop-hungry journalists off-guard. Yet on July 22, US President Donald Trump did just that. 

On a day when analysts were poised to dissect a potential deal with the Philippines, awaited after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to the White House, Mr Trump blindsided everyone with a “massive” deal with Japan.

“We just completed a massive deal with Japan, perhaps the largest deal ever made,” he said on his social media platform Truth Social.

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