From Trump tariffs to rising interest rates, Nikkei-FT symposium explores future of world economy

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Haruhiko Kuroda, the former governor of the Bank of Japan, right, and Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, spoke at the Nikkei-FT symposium held in Tokyo on Oct. 22. (Photo by Hazumu Urushiyama)

JADA NAGUMO and YURIKA YONEDA

October 22, 2025 18:39 JST

Updated on October 22, 2025 19:58 JST

TOKYO — Haruhiko Kuroda, the former Bank of Japan governor, said on Wednesday that Trump tariffs have fragmented the world economy and that it is almost as if the U.S. is “destroying the global economic order” it helped build.