Japan’s Trade Negotiator Akazawa plans to meet Bessent for trade talks

Japan’s Chief Trade Negotiator and Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Friday that he “plans to meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others for Japan-US tariff talks.”

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