WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the first set of Japan’s investment projects in the United States as part of the Asian country’s $550 billion commitment under a bilateral trade deal, as South Korea is taking domestic steps to fulfill its own investment pledge. In a social media post, Trump unveiled three investment projects in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, reiterating his tariff policy helped make the projects possible. “Today, I am pleased to announce three TREMENDOUS Projects in the Strategic Areas of Oil & Gas in the Great State of Texas, Power Generation in the Great State of Ohio, and Critical Minerals in the Great State of Georgia,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He stressed that Japan is now “officially” and “financially” moving forward with the first batch of investments under what he called a “historic” trade deal that he said is meant to revitalize the American industrial base, create hundreds of thousands of American jobs and strengthen the U.S.’ national and economic security. “The scale of these projects are so large, and could not be done without on
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