Japan says U.S. to fix Trump tariff order, refund overpayments

The United States has promised to amend an erroneous presidential executive order on tariffs to properly implement a trade deal reached with Japan about two weeks ago, a Japanese economic policy minister said Thursday.After talks with U.S. Cabinet members in Washington, Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, told reporters that the United States has also agreed to refund any excess duties collected due to the mistake.The issue at stake was whether a 15 percent tariff set by U.S. President Donald Trump for imports from Japan would be stacked on top of other duties already in place.…READ FULL ARTICLE