With simply days to go earlier than the 90-day pause on steep US tariffs expires on Wednesday, Japanese policymakers and the general public are rising more and more pissed off over stalled negotiations and what one observer described because the “sheer capriciousness” of President Donald Trump’s escalating commerce threats.
Tokyo’s scramble to safe an settlement earlier than subsequent week’s deadline comes amid rising concern that the window for diplomacy is narrowing, with many US officers away for the Independence Day holidays.
Whereas Japanese officers put together for an eighth spherical of ministerial-level talks in Washington over the weekend, critics say Trump’s hardline ways are already testing the bounds of belief between the 2 allies – and should in the end immediate a broader rethink in Japan over the way it manages each its financial and safety partnerships.
“The Japanese authorities has accomplished all that it will possibly in its talks on tariffs with the US and to present extra would simply weaken our financial system to a harmful level,” Japanese businessman Ken Kato stated.
Kato, who owns an organization that trades internationally, describes himself as a conservative and was initially supportive of Trump’s return to the White Home.
