North-east Asia is buffeted on the one side by fierce industrial competition from China and on the other by tariffs and arm-twisting from America. This is a source of anguish https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/27/japan-south-korea-and-taiwan-are-suffering-industrial-rot?taid=6a1bad9916ca9c0001d5b179&;utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter