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(Bloomberg) -- Japan looks set to get priority in US tariff talks, moving to the front of a long line of countries seeking to roll back President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal duties ...
TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday Tokyo has no plan to terminate a trade deal struck with the U.S. in 2019, but will keep voicing "grave concern ...
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Japan may have averted U.S. pressure for a stronger yen in bilateral finance talks on Thursday, but a closer look at officials' descriptions of the meeting ...
California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the threat posed by President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the tech powerhouse ...
Japan has refrained from talk of striking back at U.S. tariffs. Trade experts say that is because its inflation-strained economy limits its options. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo After ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday the U.S. is opening trade negotiations with Japan. Bessent, in a post on the social platform X, said President Trump has tasked him and U.S. Trade ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Ryosei Akazawa has been appointed as trade negotiator with the U.S., the Japanese government's top spokesperson said Tuesday.
I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Hearing that Japanese Prime Minister ...