Japan's top negotiator eyes U.S. trip this week for 6th tariff talks

Japan's top tariff negotiator is arranging a visit to the United States later this week for a sixth round of ministerial-level talks aimed at securing concessions over a series of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, a government source said Monday.The fourth trip in as many weeks by Ryosei Akazawa, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, would come ahead of an envisioned meeting between the leaders of Japan and the United States at the time of the three-day Group of Seven summit in Canada from June 15.Akazawa is expected to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent an…READ FULL ARTICLE