Japan’s finance minister pushed back against a U.S. call to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine by imposing higher tariffs on China and India for importing Russian oil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/japan-pushes-back-tariff-hikes-over-russian-oil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #russiaukrainewar #russia #trade #oil #wto #tariffs
Japan’s exports fell for the fourth consecutive month as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs continued to cloud the prospects for global commerce, especially for trade involving the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/economy/japan-august-exports-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #us #tariffs #japaneseeconomy #cars #boj
U.S. and Chinese officials' arrival at a framework deal on keeping the TikTok app running in the United States sets up a call between their presidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/politics/us-china-tiktok-trump-xi-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #xijinping #tiktok #socialmedia #bytedance #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
U.S. tariffs on Japanese autos formally cut to 15% from 27.5% in long-awaited implementation of July 22 agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/markets/15-percent-auto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
South Korea's Presidential Office said Tuesday that tariff talks with the U.S. are stalled, but President Lee Jae Myung is determined not to force companies to sustain losses by rushing to sign a trade deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/economy/south-korea-trump-tariff-stalled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #trade #tariffs #donaldtrump#leejaemyung
｢ Postal traffic to the United States plunged over 80% after new tariffs announced by the Trump administration came into effect on August 29 ｣
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U.S. President Donald Trump's choice for a key role at the Federal Reserve was narrowly confirmed by the Senate, as the clock ticks down to the central bank's next policy meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/markets/us-senate-trump-aide-fed-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #federalreserve#lisacook#stephenmiran #jeromepowell
U.S. and Chinese officials say they've reached an agreement on TikTok, to be confirmed during a call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/tech/us-china-tiktok-trump-xi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tiktok #bytedance #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #scottbessent #jamiesongreer #helifeng #xijinping
Russian companies seeking to outfox Western sanctions are turning to old-fashioned barter, swap wheat for Chinese cars and flax seeds for building materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/china-russia-barter-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #wheat #carmakers #trade #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us
Japan will appoint a permanent WTO representative for the first time at its permanent mission to international organizations in Geneva. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/15/japan-first-wto-permanent-representative/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #wto #foreignministry #us #tariffs #trade
The U.S. and Britain will sign a deal to make it quicker for companies in both countries to build nuclear power stations when U.S. President Donald Trump visits this week, according to the U.K. government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/us-uk-nuclear-tech-whisky-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #uk #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #nuclearenergy #whiskey #tech
U.S. and Chinese officials ended their first day of talks in Madrid, where they are set to discuss trade, TikTok and Russian oil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/15/us-china-spain-trade-tiktok/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #china #spain #tiktok #trade #tariffs #helifeng #scottbessent
U.S. President Donald Trump’s most concrete step to rein in unprecedented budget deficits — sweeping tariff hikes — faces the danger of a legal reversal that would put the nation’s finances on an even shakier footing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/14/economy/tariffs-trump-deficit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #budgets
South Korea has been emphasizing to the U.S. that it cannot accept the same terms as Japan did when it comes to Seoul's $350 billion investment pledge, citing the sizes of their economies and effects on forex markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/economy/us-south-korea-investment-deadlock/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #southkorea #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #globaleconomy
The U.S. Supreme Court said it will decide whether the bulk of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are legal, agreeing to quickly review his signature economic policy in a case with worldwide implications. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/economy/us-supreme-court-trump-tariffs-fast-track/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #supremecourt #tariffs #globaleconomy #trade
Donald Trump said he’s prepared to join the EU on new tariffs for India and China as he looks to push Vladimir Putin into ceasefire talks with Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/markets/trump-tariffs-china-india-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #india #russia #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #eu #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin
Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, is heralding the country's trade deal with the U.S., saying car tariffs will fall soon, as he moots a wrinkle in Tokyo's investment pledge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/economy/akazawa-mou-moot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
The detention of hundreds of South Koreans in U.S. immigration raid sent shock waves through Seoul and plunged Lee Jae Myung into the biggest diplomatic challenge of his young presidency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/asia-pacific/politics/shackled-workers-south-korea-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #immigration #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #hyundai #lg#leejaemyung #ice
House Democrats on Monday released an alleged birthday note that they said Donald Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/world/politics/epstein-letter-trump-democrats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jeffreyepstein #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #democrats
The search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge to the U.S., and some possible outs have been found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/economy/trump-blank-checkbook/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #howardlutnick