Japan Top Trade Negotiator Holds Two Phone Meetings With Lutnick
Akazawa and Lutnick talked for 45 minutes on Thursday and for about an hour on Saturday, reaffirmed their respective positions on the US tariffs and 'had an in depth exchange of views,' according to a statement by Japan's Cabinet Secretariat. The two sides will continue to coordinate, the statement read.
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