TOKYO - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday tapped his close aide Ryosei Akazawa, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, to lead talks with the United States in a bid to dissuade President Donald Trump from imposing higher tariffs that could harm trade and the economy.
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