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The US–Japan Commercial Treaty (1858) established commercial relations between the United States and Japan. It opened four new Japanese ports, set tariff rates, and extended the system of extraterritoriality. An unequal treaty that limited Japanese sovereignty, it served as a model for European nations in their subsequent treaty negotiations with Japan.
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This page is a summary of: US-Japan Commercial Treaty (1858), May 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0302.
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