Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Tuesday he found it “deeply regrettable” that President Donald Trump announced he would impose reciprocal tariffs of 25 percent on exports from Japan.
Ishiba said negotiations would continue, but “as of now, there are still issues that both Japan and the United States cannot resolve.”
Trump said on Monday he notified the leaders of Japan and South Korea they would be facing higher tariffs on August 1 because they did not reach acceptable trade agreements with the United States.
Trump’s letters to Tokyo and Seoul said that barring a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations before August 1, the…
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