US-Japan to hold ‘productive’ tariff talks


Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said that he held telephone talks with US President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive” discussions at upcoming tariff talks between the two sides.

“Investment, not tariffs,” Ishiba told reporters after the talks.

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