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title: "Why and how did the Americans force the Japanese to trade with the United States?"  
description: "Why and how did the Americans force the Japanese to trade with the United States?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-04-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42055/why-and-how-did-the-americans-force-the-japanese-to-trade-with-the-united-states  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why and how did the Americans force the Japanese to trade with the United States?

Why and how did the Americans force the [Japanese](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51416/what-is-the-dominant-narrative-america-has-adopted-towards-their-actions-in-ww2-against-the-japanese-or-just-in-general) to trade with the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41822/what-was-the-costliest-battle-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-marines-corps)?\
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