🚨Trump just said that the US-Japan $550B trade deal has officially launched.
Japan is deploying its first round of capital.
Three projects announced: an LNG terminal in Texas, a gas power plant in Ohio, and a critical minerals facility in Georgia.
The Ohio plant is being called “the largest in history.”
The Georgia minerals plant goes directly at China’s 90% grip on rare earth processing.
The Texas LNG facility targets surging global gas demand.
The deal structure matters, because the US picks the projects.
and Trump personally approves them.
If Japan doesn’t fund within 45 days, tariffs snap back from 15% to 25%.
All $550B must be committed by January 2029.
$550B is roughly 12–14% of Japan’s entire GDP.
And this is just one deal.
The EU pledged $600B. Saudi Arabia nearly $1 trillion. Total commitments across all partners are north of $9 trillion.#DealwithChina $BTC