An American -Japanese agreement to confront the Chinese “economic aggression”

US President Donald Trump, after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shikiro Ishiba, said they agreed on more cooperation in the face of “Chinese economic aggression.”
During a joint press conference, the US President announced that Japan will also import records of LNG from the United States.

Imposing customs duties on Japanese goods

The US President, Japanese Prime Minister Shighgero Ishiba, had received Trump to impose customs duties on Japanese commodities, if the trade deficit with Japan was not settled.

Tokyo is seeking to avoid imposing American customs duties on its exports to the United States.

Japan is one of the countries with which the United States suffers from a trade balance deficit.

The trade balance between America and Japan

In the year 2023 this deficit amounted to $ 72 billion, according to a census of Congress.
The Prime Minister told the Japanese parliament on January 24 that “Japan must continue to ensure the United States involved in the region.
This is in order to avoid any void of strength that would lead to regional instability. “