Japan and the US will continue to negotiate a commercial agreement before the end of the tariff moratorium

Infobae - 18/04
Washington's ambassador to Tokyo, George Glass, declared ‘extremely optimistic’ about the possibility of achieving an understanding, while conversations continue to avoid 24 % levies that will affect cars, steel and aluminum
Japan and the US will continue to negotiate a commercial agreement before the end of the tariff moratorium (Reuters/Kent Nishimura)

Commercial negotiations between the United States and Japan continue without a specific agreement, but with progress signs after the visit of the Japanese tariff sent Ryosei Akazawa to Washington, where he held meetings with President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the commercial representative Jamieson Greer.

The new United States ambassador to Japan, George Glass, expressed his confidence that both parties will achieve an agreement on Friday.

"I am extremely optimistic that a pact will be reached," Glass told the press at Haneda airport, in Tokyo. The ambassador said that he has already talked with the main responsi...
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