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Trump calls US-Japan car trade unfair as tariff deadline draws closer
US President Donald Trump characterised trade in cars between the US and Japan as unfair on Sunday, little more than a week before higher tariffs are set to kick in if a deal isn't reached between the two nations.
'So we give Japan no cars. They won't take our cars, right? And yet we take millions and millions of their cars into the United States. It's not fair,' Trump said during a Fox News interview that aired Sunday.
'And I explained that to Japan. And they understand it. And we have a big deficit with Japan. And they understand that too,' he said in remarks. 'Now, we have oil. They could take a lot of oil. They could take a lot of other things,' he added.
In a statement released by the Japanese government Sunday, Akazawa and his counterpart, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had a 'fruitful discussion' and agreed to continue seeking a deal that is beneficial for both the US and Japan.
It was unclear from Trump's statements in the interview whether Japan was close to reaching a deal or winning an extended reprieve from a jump in the across-the-board tariffs.
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