New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- New Delhi's refusal to bow to Washington's pressure for a trade deal is beginning to look like foresight. While Prime Minister Modi held firm against a sweeping bargain, Japan has gone ahead - and the fine print shows just how much Tokyo has given away to the United States.

On Thursday, the White House issued a sweeping executive order implementing what it calls the United States-Japan Agreement, a trade framework unveiled in late July and formally put into force on 4 September.

Signed by President Donald Trump, the order sets out a new system of tariffs, market access rules, and investment commitments that U.S. officials argue will rebalance the economic relationship between the two countries.

Yet the fine print ...