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Japan tariff negotiator Akazawa to hold more trade talks in US next week
Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Saturday he planned to visit Washington next week to hold further ...
Trump’s tariff pressure pushes Asia toward American LNG, but at the cost of climate goals
“Trump has put pressure on a seeming plethora of Asian trading partners to buy more U.S. LNG,” said Tim Daiss, at the APAC ...
Deal or no deal with US? Taiwan avoids tariffs so far, but remains on edge
When a 90-day tariff-free grace period expired this month, Taiwan escaped the letters that US President Donald Trump sent to two dozen other governments fixing new rates, including a 25 per cent duty ...
How America misunderstood trade
On the face of it, President Donald Trump’s all-out attack on world trade makes no sense. The United States was the main ...
US Treasury Secretary Says Japan Trade Deal 'Remains Possible'
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that a trade deal with Japan remained possible, following talks in Tokyo ahead of the looming August 1 imposition of new tariffs.
US Treasury's Bessent says good tariff deal with Japan still possible
A mutually beneficial U.S.-Japan tariff agreement is still possible, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday after ...