Japan is presently America's closest ally. We talked about 'pivot to Asia' for years, but Trump is making it happen. I'm not sure if anyone else would've or could've made it happen.https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1045030062519717888 …
My first impression is that bilateralism isn’t as economically competitive as multilateralism where all members can plan according to their comparative advantages.. thus making it a weaker approach to counter China. Could be swayed on this.
