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You're listening to The Globalist, first broadcast on 20th March 2026 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist, in association with UBS.
Live from London, this is The Globalist with me, Emma Nelson.
A very warm welcome to today's program coming up.
We don't need anything from Japan or from anyone else, but I think it's appropriate that people step up.
Donald Trump throws down the gauntlet to Japan during the Prime Minister's visit to the White House.
Can Sanae Takeuchi keep the US president on side?
Also ahead in today's programme, EU leaders meet in Brussels
for a summit dominated by Hungary's veto on a €90 billion loan for Ukraine.
We'll look across a packed agenda.
Our man in the Balkans will look ahead to the weekend's elections in Slovenia.