Trump signs executive order implementing U.S.-Japan trade agreement


By Xu Jing
  • World
  • Friday, 05 Sep 2025

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday implementing the U.S.-Japan trade agreement, the White House said.

"Under the Agreement, the United States will apply a baseline 15 percent tariff on nearly all Japanese imports entering the United States, alongside separate sector-specific treatment for automobiles and automobile parts; aerospace products; generic pharmaceuticals; and natural resources that are not naturally available or produced in the United States," said the executive order.

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