Japan prepared to use its role as America’s largest creditor as leverage in Trump trade talks
fortune.com/2025/05/02/treasury-market-japan-americas-largest-creditor-trump-trade-talks-leverage
No country holds more provable Treasury debt than Japan with roughly $1.1 trillion, equivalent to a quarter of its entire economy. Since dumping U.S. sovereign bonds would severely hurt both Japan and the United States, investors view the threat as a psychological tactic to exert…
This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-02 12:44:00.