President Trump says Japan, which he characterized as “spoiled,” will likely not make a deal with the United States on a tariff rate ahead of the looming deadline next week. “We dealt with Japan. I’m not sure if we’re going to make a deal. I doubt it with Japan — they’re very tough. You have…
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice. “They won’t take our RICE, and yet they have a massive rice shortage.
President Trump says Japan, which he characterized as “spoiled,” will likely not make a deal with the United States on a tariff rate ahead of the looming deadline next week. “We dealt with Japan. I’m not sure if we’re going to make a deal. I doubt it with Japan — they’re very tough. You have…
US President Donald Trump cast doubt on reaching a trade deal with Japan, a day after threatening higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States, claiming the country won’t buy American rice.
