A seating chart shows that #Putin & #Trump were supposed to sit across from each other during the luncheon. Trump would be flanked by: Secy of State #MarcoRubio, Secy of #Defense#PeteHegseth & WH Chief of Staff #SusieWiles to his right, & Secy of #Treasury#ScottBessent, Secy of #Commerce#HowardLutnick & Special Envoy for Peace Missions #SteveWitkoff to his left. Putin would be seated next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey #Lavrov, & his Aide for Foreign Policy, Yuri #Ushakov.

Tokyo’s record-beating stock rally ends as U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent jawbones Japan on rates, saying the country has an inflation problem. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/economy/bessent-rates-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tariffs #japaneseeconomy #us #usjapanrelations #nikkei #stocks #tse #donaldtrump #trade #scottbessent

The United States imposes a 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods as the two sides disagree about the method of its calculation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/economy/reciprocal-tariff-effective/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #scottbessent

U.S. President Donald Trump said the $550 billion of investment pledged by Japan is 'our money' and that he is free to deploy it as he wishes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/economy/trump-money-is-ours/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #scottbessent

Akazawa returns to the U.S. for more talks as the tariff deal looks shaky due in part to differences in the interpretation of the agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/05/economy/akazawa-ninth-round/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #scottbessent

U.S. sets Aug. 7 as the start date for Japan's 15% 'reciprocal' tariff, with the focus now on unfinished business as auto duties go unmentioned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/economy/reciprocal-15-percent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent #shigeruishiba

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the U.S. and China will continue talks over maintaining a tariff truce before it expires in two weeks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/world/politics/us-china-tariff-truce-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #scottbessent #jamiesongreer #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #helifeng

Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S, with the $550 billion investment plan in focus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/24/economy/big-japan-deal-details/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent #howardlutnick

Japan and US both claim win in surprise 11th-hour tariff deal, with the "reciprocal" rate set at 15% and the rate on autos 12.5% https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/economy/japan-us-win-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapan #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated the two nations could reach a "good” trade deal while signaling the process may take more time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/19/economy/us-japan-trade-deal-bessent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy

Calls for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's resignation have prompted investors to protect portfolios against the risk of higher inflation, as a central bank more willing to lower rates could fuel price rises. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/16/markets/investors-fed-chief-ouster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jeromepowell #scottbessent #investors #federalreserve #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering holding a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is set to visit the 2025 Osaka Expo this week, government sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/politics/ishiba-bessent-osaka/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #scottbessent #shigeruishiba #osaka #2025osakaexpo #us #trade #tariffs #usjapanrelations

For the second time this year, the world’s most powerful finance ministers gather in South Africa without the presence of the U.S. Treasury secretary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/economy/g20-bessent-south-africa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #g20 #southafrica #us #donaldtrump #republicans #brics

Japan is unlikely to face pressure from the U.S. to prop up the yen despite U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of its large trade surplus with his country, a former top currency diplomat says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/economy/ex-japan-forex-diplomat-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #currencies #dollar #yen #donaldtrump #scottbessent #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is planning to visit Japan next week for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/politics/us-treasury-bessent-japan-expo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #scottbessent #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #ryoseiakazawa

Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations enter uncharted territory as both sides refuse to budge just days ahead of the deadline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/04/economy/us-japan-uncharted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #scottbessent #ryoseiakazawa

Trump hammers away at Japan for a third day, threatening to end negotiations and just set a tariff rate for Japanese products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/02/economy/trump-third-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #scottbessent #ryoseiakazawa

Donald Trump has threatened to raise reciprocal tariffs on Japan to the even higher rate of 35% — higher than what was initially set for China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/02/economy/trump-japan-35-percent-tariff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #scottbessent #ryoseiakazawa

With just 10 days to go until President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs are set to resume, the White House appears poised to fall short of the sweeping global trade reforms it promised to achieve. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/30/markets/trump-deals-global-trade-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #scottbessent

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said trade deals with other countries could be done by Sept. 1, citing talks with 18 main trading partners and new revisions to a deal with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/28/economy/scott-bessent-trade-deals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #trade #tariffs #us #donaldtrump #globaleconomy