Tokyo, April 3, 2025 (AFP) - Japan trade minister says US tariffs 'extremely regrettable'

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2025-04-03

Japan's trade minister said Thursday he told his US counterpart that sweeping new tariffs including a 24-percent levy on Japanese imports were "extremely regrettable". Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States but Tokyo has failed in its attempts to secure exemption from US President Donald Trump's tariffs. "I have conveyed that the unilateral tariff measures taken by the United States are extremely regrettable, and I have a......

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