Japan, Donald Trump and trade deal
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As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya made gains on a “Japanese first” platform.
He’s a wheeler-dealer, our president, needless to say, and he’s kind of cutting these deals — but he has scared these people, and he’s leveraged American bargaining
US stocks are floating near all-time highs as Wall Street maintains cautious optimism that Washington might ink more trade deals, avoiding a worst-case scenario of extraordinarily high tariffs and enabling the resilient economy to continue chugging along.
President Donald Trump suggested that he could send out rebate checks to U.S. citizens, directly distributing revenue raised from tariffs. When asked if he would consider tariff rebate checks, Trump said he was “thinking about that,
On his own terms, it could now be said that the aggressive approach by the US President is yielding tangible results.
Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, the Asahi newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Japanese Premier Shigeru Ishiba on Monday revealed plans to stay in office to provide “stability” and tackle economic concerns after his ruling coalition saw striking losses in the country’s upper house elections.
After months of intensive talks and shuttle diplomacy, a trade agreement between the European Union and the US now rests mostly on Donald Trump.