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“Investment, not tariffs,” Ishiba told reporters after the
talks. He said Japan’s position to keep pushing Washington to
drop all recent tariff measures is unchanged and that he stands
by plans to push for Japanese investment to create more jobs in
the U.S. in exchange.
The two leaders held talks just after Economic Revitalization
Minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, headed
to Washington for a third round of talks with his U.S.
counterparts. In the earlier rounds of talks, the U.S. had not
agreed to the Japanese requests.
Ishiba said he reminded Trump that Japan's position was for the
U.S. administration to scrap all recent tariffs on imports from
Japan, to which the U.S. president made no specific response.
“I expressed my expectations for productive discussion to be
held, and we agreed,” Ishiba told reporters.
The U.S. is charging a 25% tariff on imports of autos, a
mainstay of Japan’s trade with the U.S. and a key driver of
growth for the economy. Trump has relaxed some of those tariffs
but has kept in place higher tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Friday's talks were requested by Trump and the two leaders
discussed about 45 minutes on range of topics that also included
security cooperation between the two allies and the U.S.
president’s recent visit to the Middle East, Ishiba said.
He said the two leaders also agreed to hold talks when they both
attend the Group of Seven summit in Canada next month.
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