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Japan, China and South Korea, meet at a geopolitical 'turning point in history' (www.reuters.com)

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"Given the increasingly severe international situation, I believe we may truly be at a turning point in history," Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the start of the meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. "That makes it even more important to overcome division and confrontation through dialogue and cooperation," he added.

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[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The problem is that decoupling from the US is a very complicated process, especially when it comes to technology. Well, it's complicated in the sense of how to decouple without hurting corporate profits/control, or giving rise to a populist momentum.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Indeed, the oligarchs don't want to rock the boat and they will fight any attempts to redirect trade because that would negatively affect them.