Tokyo, April 4, 2025 (AFP) - Japan PM says Trump tariffs a 'national crisis'

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2025-04-04

US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japanese goods are a "national crisis", Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday ahead of cross-party talks on mitigating the impact. Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States but Trump on Thursday announced a hefty 24-percent levy on imports from the close US ally as part of global "reciprocal" levies. The measures "can be called a national crisis and the government is doing its best......

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