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Japan to Send Trade Minister Muto to US Amid Tariff Tensions
Japan’s Trade Minister Yoji Muto will visit the US next week as Tokyo steps up efforts to seek a reprieve from President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign.
FirstFT: Japan trade minister will try to win exclusions from US tariffs this week
Also in today’s newsletter, Chinese investors are funnelling millions into Elon Musk’s companies and hundreds are killed in Syria
Ministers from Japan and UK agree to promote free trade amid Trump tariff threats
Economy and foreign ministers of Japan and Britain agreed Friday to promote free and open international trade at their first “two-plus-two” dialogue on economy held in Tokyo amid growing concern about U.
Sony, Suntory build U.S. stockpiles as Japan faces Trump tariff threat
By Tim Kelly, Kentaro Okasaka and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese electronics giant Sony and drinks maker Suntory are stockpiling inventory in the United States while their peers shift production or supply chains in efforts to fend off an evolving threat of U.
Japan to send trade minister to US amid tariff tensions
The visit is set to take place just before Trump’s extra levies are expected to kick in on March 12. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan, Britain stress free trade in Tokyo talks
Britain and Japan stressed the importance of free trade in talks in Tokyo on Friday amid an escalating battle of tit-for-tat tariffs between the United States and other countries under
China learned from Trump’s first trade war and changed its tactics when tariffs came again
The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he ...
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Japan’s exports and imports grew in January, as tariff worries loom
Japan recorded a trade deficit of 2.76 trillion yen ($18 billion) in January, the Finance Ministry reported Wednesday, as worries continue to grow about looming tariffs from the administration of ...
Japan corporate capex drops for first time in 4 years amid tariff fears
Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment dropped 0.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, Ministry of Finance data ...
What to Know About the On-Again, Off-Again Trump Tariffs
They have upended diplomatic relations with America’s largest trading partners, sent markets tumbling and provoked ...
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While Beijing Vows To Battle Trump Tariffs, Japan and South Korea Seek To Head Off Such Confrontations With Washington
Washington has plunged into a tariff war with Beijing that puts America’s northeast Asian allies, Japan and South Korea, on Communist China’s side against President Trump’s effort to slash America ...
Japan PM Ishiba says high US tariffs make investment difficult
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday that high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
Nintendo Shares Sink on Tariff Fears, Foreign Funds Retreat
Shares of Mario Kart maker Nintendo Co. plunged the most in seven months, as investors abandoned Japan’s outperforming video ...
China’s foreign minister blasts U.S. over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists
TAIPEI--Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea ...