Last week, Japan sent its main trade negotiator to Washington To talk with the American leadership about a business deal. Reports indicate that no deal has been made that Japan has not continuously responded to what America wants.
Economic Revolling Minister Ryosi Akajawa was at Washington DC till Friday last week, but left a deal with Trump’s business teams without finalizing. This morning, senior reporter of Fox Business Charles Gaspino reported that Japanese negotiators abandoned disappointment and complained about lack of information.
“Japanese dialogues are complaining that the problem, concrete progress, and a real deal with a business talks with the White House, the US changes its asking in the context of what it really wants, a financial CEO said that who spoke regularly to the country officials,” Gasperino posted on X, posted on X, previously posted. “Perhaps this is a conversation strategy. But the lack of public progress of publicly declared deal is disappointing to the dollar, spiking the bond yields and now leading to a flight for gold and now bitcoins.”
Breaking: Japanese dialogues complain that the problem, concrete progress, and a real deal with a business talks with the White House, is that we keep asking for our ask for our asking, a financial CEO said that who speaks regularly …
– Charles Gapperino (@CGASPARINO) 21 April, 2025
Ambassador Chas Freeman, who was now a diplomat of retired career, who was the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993 to 1994, weighed through a live stream on YouTube on the issue today.
“Japanese have just been in Washington. His experience was clearly gone to talk to the US leadership on the matter, and the US leadership said,” What are you offering? ” And Japanese said, ‘Okay, what is this what you want?’ And the Americans could not explain what they wanted, “says Freeman.
“This is a cochusam approach to the conversation.”
The inability to get on a long -term agreement on trade is creating a lot of uncertainty in the camera market. Japan -based companies are the major producers of cameras and lenses. There is no clear answer to what can be done in front of their partners in the United States, Japanese manufacturers are having very difficult time to present the cost of equipment. Petpixel Long waiting time for pricing on products is mentioned, with some – like Fujifilm’s latest instas with camera – A week after the announcement is coming. This is unprecedented.
If Japan and America first do not come on an agreement 90 -day stay on tariff Standing, Trump can decide to apply The 24% tariff he threatened last monthWhich will cause side-effects through the photo industry and is likely to Is resurrected In the last four years.
Japan and the United States 2019 came on trade conditions under Trump’s first term as President in 2019, and signed a bilateral trade deal, cutting tariffs on American farm goods, Japanese machine tools and other products, while high American car car also closes the danger of duties, Roots ReportsAfter the deal was signed, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at the time that he was assured from Trump White House that no other tariff would be implemented on Japanese car imports.
But Trump went back to his promise in 2025, adding 25% tariff to all motor vehicle imports in the United States – including people coming from Japan. As a result, the current Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, says “Japan is serious about continuity” with which the Trump administration is coming up with trade deals.
Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato plans to visit Washington later this week, but that discussion is expected to roam around currency rates. After a fruitless journey last week, Economic Revolling Minister Akazawa has already returned to Japan, it is not clear what the next steps for Japan are doing their best to come on some kind of deal with Trump’s White House.
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