Trump announces Japan trade deal, lowers threatened tariff to 15%
'This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs – There has never been anything like it,' Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States 'will continue to always have a great relationship with the Country of Japan.'
The President said Japan would invest 'at my direction' US$550-billion into the U.S. and would 'open' its economy to American autos and rice. The 15-per-cent tax on imported Japanese goods is a meaningful drop from the 25-per-cent rate that Trump, in a recent letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said would be levied starting Aug. 1.
With the announcement, Trump is seeking to tout his ability as a dealmaker – even as his tariffs when initially announced in early April led to a market panic and fears of slower growth that for the moment appear to have subsided. Key details remained unclear from his post, such as whether Japanese-built autos would face a higher 25-per-cent tariff that Trump imposed on the sector.
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But the framework fits a growing pattern for Trump, who is eager to portray the tariffs as win for the U.S. His administration says the revenues will help reduce the budget deficit and more factories will relocate to America to avoid the import taxes and cause trade imbalances to disappear.
But the wave of tariffs continues to be a source of uncertainty about whether it could lead to higher prices for consumers and businesses if companies simply pass along the costs. The problem was seen sharply Tuesday after General Motors reported a 35-per-cent drop in its net income during the second quarter as it warned that tariffs would hit its business in the months ahead, causing its stock to tumble.
As the Aug. 1 deadline for the tariff rates in his letters to world leaders is approaching, Trump also announced a trade framework with the Philippines that would impose a tariff of 19 per cent on its goods while American-made products would face no import taxes. The president also reaffirmed his 19-per-cent tariffs on Indonesia.
The U.S. ran a US$69.4-billion trade imbalance on goods with Japan last year, according to the Census Bureau.
America had a trade imbalance of US$17.9-billion with Indonesia and an imbalance of US$4.9-billion with the Philippines. Both nations are less affluent than the U.S. and an imbalance means America imports more from those countries than it exports to them.
The countries that received Trump's tariff letters – and where things stand now
The President is set to impose the broad tariffs listed in his recent letters to other world leaders on Aug. 1, raising questions of whether there will be any breakthrough in talks with the European Union. At a Tuesday dinner, Trump said the EU would be in Washington on Wednesday for trade talks.
'We have Europe coming in tomorrow, the next day,' Trump told guests.
The president earlier this month sent a letter threatening the 27 member states in the EU with 30-per-cent taxes on their goods to be imposed starting on Aug. 1.
The Trump administration has a separate negotiating period with China that is currently set to run through Aug. 12 as goods from that nation are taxed at an additional 30-per-cent baseline.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he would be in the Swedish capital of Stockholm next Monday and Tuesday to meet with his Chinese counterparts. Bessent said his goal is to shift the American economy away from consumption and to enable more consumer spending in the manufacturing-heavy Chinese economy.
'President Trump is remaking the U.S. into a manufacturing economy,' Bessent said on the Fox Business Network show 'Mornings with Maria.' 'If we could do that together, we do more manufacturing, they do more consumption. That would be a home run for the global economy.'
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