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Japan, U.S.: Automobile Tariff Pledge a Much-Needed Win for Tokyo and Ishiba

Aug 8, 2025 | 16:24 GMT

Japanese trade envoy Ryosei Akazawa said in Washington on Aug. 7 that his U.S. interlocutors had agreed to have President Donald Trump issue a new executive order in a "timely" manner clarifying the reduction in U.S. automobile tariffs on Japan and that new U.S. tariffs on Japan will not compound with old ones, The New York Times reported on Aug. 8. ...

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