Trump 2.0 May Bring 1980s Back As Japanese Yen Drops

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : As Trump prepares to return to the White House on January 20, taking on China is his top economic project.
54% : And even though China faces daunting challenges -- not least of which a giant property crisis -- Team Xi is making inroads into raising China's game in semiconductors, electric vehicles, biotechnology, aviation, robotics, renewable energy, artificial intelligence and high-speed rail.
49% : It was at the height of Japan's "bubble economy" era when Washington pulled off the "Plaza Accord" currency deal at a New York hotel that Trump owned for a time.
48% : Trump honed his "Tariff Man" protectionist worldview four decades ago.
45% : Trump rebuffed Ishiba's requests for a meeting since his shock November 5 election win.
43% : If the yen passes the 160 level to the dollar -- from 157 now -- and edges toward 170, how long might it be before Trump 2.0 extends the 100% tariff it's threatened in Mexico-made cars to Japan?
41% : Back then, it was Japan that Trump viewed as the bogeyman both eating America's lunch and plundering its future.
32% : Though Japanese officials claim Trump will meet Ishiba in February, Trump has been on a bilateral meeting tear with myriad other world leaders -- just not Japan's.
30% : The 80s era to which Trump seems keen to return could pull Japan into the fray in ways Tokyo doesn't see coming.
27% : Being on Washington's B-list is the last place Tokyo wants to be as Trump launches a trade war like Asia has never seen before.

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