Japan minister calls for new order to counter rise of authoritarian regimes

By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japan’s trade and industry minister said on Thursday post-Cold War free trade and economic inter-dependence had bolstered authoritarian regimes and the United States and like-minded democracies should counter them with a “new World order.” “Authoritarian countries have amassed tremendous power, both economically and militarily,” Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “We must rebuild a World order based on the fundament…

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