Japan signals intent to reach US tariff deal by G-7 in June

Japan’s chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa indicated his aim to resolve tariff talks in time for a June meeting between US President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following Trump’s surprise pivot to allow a partnership between two of the countries’ steelmakers. 

“It’s been confirmed that the leaders of the two nations are looking forward to their meeting,” Akazawa told reporters in Washington on Friday after meeting US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and USTR Jamieson Greer.