Japan, Donald Trump and trade deal
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Self Employed on MSNTrump Threatens 25% Tariff on Japanese ImportsFormer President Donald Trump has issued a threat to impose a . 25% tariff rate on Japanese imports, according to recent reports. The proposed tariffs would have taken effect in A
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said President Donald Trump’s Aug. 1 tariff deadline would not change. Tariffs on dozens of countries are set to go into effect this Friday, Aug. 1. Since becoming president,
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.
Investors, finally having some good news, seemed to largely ignore thorny questions about the details of the trade deal, let alone the tenuous position of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following a recent election setback.
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
Trump said the U.S. may send out tariff rebate checks, though lowering the national debt would take precedence.
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.