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Trump sits in on tariff talks with Japan
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Trump sits in on tariff talks with Japan

Last updated: April 16, 2025 8:54 pm
Editorial Board Published April 16, 2025
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President Trump was set to personally attend a gathering of Japanese and American commerce officers on Wednesday, a shock transfer that’s elevating hopes he may very well be keen to ease the mushrooming commerce struggle sparked by his tariffs on imports.

Trump mentioned he deliberate to debate a variety of points on the sitdown that may embrace Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

“Hopefully something can be worked out which is good (GREAT!) for Japan and the USA!” he wrote on his social media website.

Trump’s transfer to get immediately concerned in negotiations suggests he might hope to rapidly finalize commerce agreements.

It’s a giant take a look at of Trump’s fame as a dealmaker as nations all over the world search to restrict the injury unleashed by his commerce struggle, which has despatched Wall Road plunging and shaken international religion in U.S. financial stability.

The transfer got here as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell mentioned Trump’s tariffs would have a significant unfavorable influence on the U.S. economic system, downbeat remarks that despatched shares sharply decrease in afternoon buying and selling.

Japan fees a comparatively low common tax fee of 1.9% on different nations’ items and has a longstanding financial and political alliance with the U.S., making it a possible prime candidate for a deal.

Japan’s chief commerce negotiator, Financial Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa, middle, speaks to reporters earlier than this departure for the U.S., at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Wednesday. (Kyodo Information through AP)

Indicators of progress with Japan in rolling again the steep tariffs — 10% on just about all imports and 25% on imported automobiles — would possible be welcome by international markets as a result of it may result in extra offers.

Trump additionally slapped an extra 24% tariff on imports from Japan as a part of his “Liberation Day” commerce struggle announcement. That ill-defined tariff has been paused for 90 days to permit for negotiations with all buying and selling companions aside from China.

The White Home hasn’t mentioned precisely what concessions it desires international buying and selling companions like Japan to make.

It’s searching for to shut the $68.5 billion annual commerce deficit with Japan and searching for better entry for U.S. items. However Trump has additionally boasted that income from tariffs may very well be an ongoing income stream to pay down the federal funds deficit.

Trump has indicated that he additionally desires to debate how a lot Japan contributes to the price of U.S. troops stationed there, largely as a deterrent to China.

Japan goals to extend annual protection spending to almost $10 trillion, or 2% of GDP, in 2027, whereas Trump desires Tokyo to spend extra.

China has been hit with a blanket 145% tariff, though Trump later exempted common digital merchandise like cell telephones and laptops, saying Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner had pleaded for a break.

China is attempting to capitalize on the turmoil sparked by Trump’s bulletins, with President Xi Jinping touting the manufacturing powerhouse as a extra dependable commerce associate than the U.S. in a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia.

Initially Revealed: April 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM EDT

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