The United States, Japan and South Korea announced a new economic-security consultation and reinforced their support for stability across the Taiwan Strait on Monday, sending a coordinated message on two of Beijing’s most sensitive issues just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s summit with US President Donald Trump.The three governments pledged to stand against economic coercion and “non-market policies and practices” that produce harmful industrial overcapacity and distort markets, as well as arbitrary export restrictions that disrupt global supply chains.They also agreed to strengthen an existing trilateral supply-chain early warning system, according to a joint statement released by the US State Department.
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US, Japan and South Korea launch economic-security talks before Xi summit
The United States, Japan, and South Korea have launched a new economic-security consultation. This initiative, announced by their respective foreign ministers, aims to address concerns regarding economic coercion and non-market policies that distort global markets and disrupt supply chains.
Teresa Elena FrontadoSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-21 · 20:22 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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The United States, Japan, and South Korea have launched a new economic-security consultation. This initiative, announced by their respective foreign ministers, aims to address concerns regarding economic coercion and non-market policies that distort global markets and disrupt supply chains. The three nations also reaffirmed their commitment to stability across the Taiwan Strait. These coordinated actions were taken just days before a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. The countries pledged to oppose practices such as arbitrary export restrictions and to enhance an existing trilateral supply-chain early warning system.
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They agreed to strengthen an existing trilateral supply-chain early warning system.
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The countries pledged to stand against economic coercion and non-market policies.
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The three nations reinforced their support for stability across the Taiwan Strait.
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The United States, Japan and South Korea launched a new economic-security consultation.
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