Trump said today: "Our重磅 trade agreement with Japan has just been officially launched!"

Japan has now formally started its first projects under its $550 billion investment commitment to the U.S. — part of our historic trade agreement, aimed at revitalizing America's industrial base, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality American jobs, and strengthening our national security and economic security in an unprecedented way.

Today, I am pleased to announce three major projects involving key strategic areas:

• The oil and gas project in Texas

• The power generation project in Ohio

• The critical minerals project in Georgia

These projects are extremely large in scale, and all of this would not have been possible without one key factor: tariffs.

In my state of Ohio, which I have won three times in the presidential election, this natural gas power plant will become the largest power plant in history;

The liquefied natural gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico will promote exports and further solidify America's energy dominance;

And our critical mineral facilities will end our foolish reliance on foreign sources.

America is rebuilding, America is producing again, America is winning again!

This is an exciting and historic moment for both the United States and Japan.

Congratulations to everyone!

Thank you all for your attention to this matter!

President Donald J. Trump

Comment: Trump's announcement essentially turns the Japan-U.S. alliance into a "America First" business deal: using the threat of tariffs to force Japan to invest $550 billion in the U.S., firmly controlling strategic industries such as energy, critical minerals, and power, reaping investment dividends while strengthening its own hegemony. What is called a "historic cooperation" is entirely one-sided benefit for the U.S.

This move also pushes economic globalization toward bloc politics: Japan and the U.S. team up to lock down supply chains, use tariffs as a weapon to force allies to "donate blood," talking about security guarantees but actually fragmenting the global market, turning trade relations into coercion and dependence, which is a clear impact on the world's industrial chain and trade order.

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