President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he reached a “massive” trade deal with Japan that will set tariffs on Japanese imports at 15% and see the key American trading counterpart and ally invest $550 billion into the US (with about the same likelihood of doing so as Stargate is to invest $500 billion in US AI technology) .
“I just signed the largest trade deal in history, I think maybe the largest deal in history — with Japan,” Trump said at an event at the White House on Tuesday after announcing the deal on social media. “And that was done with Japan. They had their top people here and we worked on it long and hard and it’s a great deal for everybody.”
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On Truth Social, Trump explained that the pact calls for Japan to “open their Country” to US automobile imports, as well as additional agricultural imports including rice – a remarkable achievement with a country which has historically been extremely protectionist of the food staple – without specifying further. Trump has repeatedly zeroed in on auto trade as he criticizes trade imbalances with the country. Around 80% of Japan’s trade surplus with the US is in cars and auto parts.
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