Japan’s request from the US to exempt the car industry tariffs
The Japanese Foreign Minister said he would ask Japan to exclude Japan’s demand for automotive and mutual tariffs during a meeting with his US couerpart to make Washington’s decision to impose a 5 % global customs tariff on steel and aluminum.
Japanese Foreign Minister Takshi Iwaya described US governme tariffs on steel and aluminum imports as “unfortunate”.
The remarks were made on Thursday on the sidelines of a meeting of the Seven Foreign Ministers in Canada, meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
After the meeting, Ivaya told reporters that it had called on the United States to exempt Japan from planned tariffs for the automotive and mutual tariffs.
US Preside Donald Trump announced on February 7 that 5 % tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will be implemeed globally, in order to support national industries and American producers. These tariffs were implemeed last Wednesday.
Ivaya also noted that Rubio informed that strengthening bilateral relations in accordance with the agreemes between Japanese Prime Minister Shigiro Ishiba and US Preside during their visit to the White House last February.
Iwaya said Rubio described US -Japan relations as “very importa” and announced that he would convey Tokyo’s concerns to Washington.
Ivaya said they had addressed issues related to Ukraine and the Gaza Strip during the about 5 -minute conversations that were their third visit to Trump’s power in January, though it did not provide further details.
Trump had earlier said that tariffs on imported cars would probably be imposed on April 5. Currely, for Japanese cars, tariffs are 6.5 perce.
According to Japan’s official data, about 1.5 million cars have been exported to the United States, accouing for 2.5 perce of its total exports to the world’s largest economy.
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