Editorial

14:44 JST, April 15, 2025

Japan is set to be one of the first nations to talk with the United States over a review of U.S. tariff measures.

Will Japan be able to avoid a crisis regarding the free trade system while finding a point of agreement with the United States through persistent negotiations? With the world’s attention focused on it, Japan’s diplomatic ability will be put to the test.

The U.S. tariff policy has been intensively debated at the Budget Committee of Japan’s House of Representatives. Political parties made a series of demands to the government.

In the trade agreement that Japan and the United States signed in 2019 during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term, it was decided that Japan would reduce tariffs on U.S. agricultural products, while the United States would........

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