Japan eyes tariff talks in U.S. next week before Aug. 1 deadline

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said Saturday he intends to visit the United States possibly early next week for an eighth round of trade talks, before a 25 percent tariff on Japan comes into effect on Aug. 1."I want to continue working to find common ground that both sides can agree on," Akazawa told reporters at the World Exposition in Osaka where he was accompanying U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, his counterpart in the talks.The visit to the United States for tariff talks would be Akazawa's first in three weeks and would come in the aftermath of Japan's House of Coun…READ FULL ARTICLE