Japan’s Akazawa Says Still Working on Date for Next Trade Talks

Japan and the United States are still trying to determine the timing of the next round of trade negotiations at the cabinet level, Japan’s point for negotiations, said the last date of an agreement to prevent another march in tariffs.

Japan’s Chief Trade Negotiator Ryosei Akazawa, Tuesday, played the importance of July 9 for the rise of tariffs on Tuesday, on Tuesday, at a post -Cabinet meeting press conference, “We are still in a date for the next ministry meeting,” he said. “We will not make a deadline for discussions.”

As in other nations, Japan is subject to sectoral tasks in automobiles, steel and aluminum. A 10% task for all other Japanese goods will prevent an agreement on July 9 to rise to 24%. The Yomiuri newspaper reported that Akazawa would go to Washington on Thursday for more talks on Tuesday.

Akazawa has repeatedly said that it would not be fixed on the last date of July 9, and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that a prolongation could be given to countries dealing with well -intentioned negotiations. Akazawa traveled to Washington six times in efforts to win a return from tasks for Japan.

Japan, at the beginning of this month, seemed to make an agreement with a telephone conversation between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba before the meeting for the group of seven peaks in Canada. However, no agreement has been announced.

At the end of the G-7 meetings, Ishiba said that Tokyo would give priority to protecting its national interests in trade talks without entering an agreement.

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