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What is the mean difference between 取引先との付き合い方 and 取引先の付き合い方?

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What is the mean difference between 取引先との付き合い方 and 取引先の付き合い方?
If you don't know how との, への, からの and so on work yet, please learn it first:
[Grammar of との, what is the
meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17738/5010) / [Why can we use の
after へ and から?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/27363/5010)

So, 取引先 **との** 付き合い方 means "how to get along with your business partners" or
"the way to deal with business partners". Note that 付き合い方 is a noun which by
itself means something like 'communication methods'. This is the recommended
choice if you want to build a formal and unambiguous sentence.

取引先 **の** 付き合い方 is an ambiguous expression since の is a generic linking
particle that has a wide variety of functions, one of which is to mark the
subject of an action. It can mean the same thing as 取引先 **との** 付き合い方, but it
can also mean "how the business partner deals with (us or someone else)".
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