Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Saturday he asked his U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio that Japan be exempt from President Donald Trump's plans to impose 25 percent steel and aluminum tariffs and reciprocal tariffs.In a brief exchange on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Iwaya also expressed his desire to hold security talks involving the two countries' foreign and defense ministers "at an early date," according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.The exchange was held to follow up on a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Trump at the W…READ FULL ARTICLE
