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Japan Seeks Possibility of Trade Deal With US as G-7 Looms

Ryosei Akazawa in Washington, DC, on June 13.Photographer: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg

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By Yoshiaki Nohara and Akira Matsui

June 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM UTC

Updated on

June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM UTC

Japan and the US held another round of trade talks in Washington as officials try to reach an agreement ahead of a Group of Seven summit in Canada and a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa met with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for 70 minutes and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for 45 minutes on Friday. The talks took place a few hours after Ishiba said Japan is continuing to ask the US to withdraw the tariffs following a call with the US president.