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Behind Japan’s Trade Deal: 8 Rounds of Talks and ‘Hurrying Slowly’
After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were ...
Japan's top tariff negotiator met with Trump at White House, Asahi reports
Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, the Asahi ...
Trump says Japan will invest $550 billion in US at his direction. It may not be a sure thing
President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the ...
Japan says $550 billion package in trade deal could finance Taiwanese chipmaker in US
Japan's recent $550 billion investment package linked to a U.S. trade deal could pave the way for Taiwanese semiconductor ...
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Japan’s $550B U.S. Tariff Deal to Boost Semiconductor Supply Chain
Japan has agreed to a $550 billion investment package with the United States aimed at strengthening critical supply chains, ...
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Japan says $550 billion from Trump trade deal could fund Taiwan chip plants in U.S.
Japan’s top trade official said Saturday that $550 billion in investments secured through a U.S. tariff deal might be used to ...
Japan’s $550B investment could back Taiwan chip plants in US, says trade official
Japan said Saturday that the country’s newly announced $550B investment package could be used to help finance semiconductor ...
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Japan, US, Offer Contradictory Accounts of Terms in Breakthrough Trade Agreement
Japan's chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the media after a meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo, on July 18, 2025. Shuji Kajiyama ...
Akazawa denies election defeat will impact U.S. tariff talks
WASHINGTON—Japan’s chief trade negotiator with the United States has dismissed concerns that his government’s latest ...
'Let's call it seed money': Donald Trump says Japan to invest $550 billion in US to lower tariffs — but deal still unclear
Donald Trump claims Japan will invest $550 billion in the US under a new trade framework, though details remain under negotiation. Trump suggests the US would receive 90% of profits from these ...