US imposed a brand new 10% blanket levy that might rise to fifteen%, producing new international uncertainty
TOKYO:
Japan has sought assurances from the US that Tokyo won’t be put at a drawback underneath Washington’s newest tariff measures, urging {that a} potential 15% tariff not be utilized to Japanese items, its commerce minister stated.
Ryosei Akazawa stated he made the request throughout a two-hour assembly in Washington with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. After the US Supreme Courtroom knocked down a few of Trump’s key tariffs in February, the US imposed a brand new 10% blanket levy that might rise to fifteen%, producing new international uncertainty.
