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Nippon Steel Deal Tests US–Japan Friendship

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Nippon Steel Deal Tests US–Japan Friendship
A view of U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pa., on March 10, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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“Countries have no friends ... just interests”—or so goes the paraphrased version of Lord Palmerston’s statement.

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”