Welcome to the Affair Podcast. I'm Anna Williamson. Now, if you don't know me, I'm a relationship

therapist, coach and TV personality. One in five people have admitted to having an affair.

Each episode features a different real-life affair story told by the people involved and offers

insights into the emotions, causes and consequences

of infidelity in today's world. Available to listen to on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music,

or wherever you get your podcasts. This is John Batchel, a conversation with my colleague Elizabeth

Peake about the report from Washington

that Japan is first up, first in the room, to negotiate on the other side of Liberation Day.

Liz regards this as very good news.

No other country brings to the table what Japan does in terms of industrial might, but then there's

protectionism, much to discuss. Japan first goes to report. Here's Liz. Yeah, sure, because,

number one, it's an ally country. It's a very important country right now as we confront

China's growing influence and efforts to dominate Asia,

Japan is a very important ally, as is South Korea. So I think going to war with them over trade would be very, very harmful to both countries.

They do have a substantial trade imbalance with the U.S.

Their deficit with the U.S. is around $63 billion. It's not certainly the biggest out there,

but it's substantial. And by the way, it is a renowned country for being protectionist.

They protect their farmers, they protect their manufacturers,

they have ridiculous tariffs and barriers to entry on all kinds of products. And so, yeah,

I think that's a very good place to start because it can kind of become the model for what

kinds of deals can be struck.

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