Japan negotiator met with the US Treasury Secretaries and Treasury in Washington
Japanese commercial negotiator has announced that the United States will modify an executive order to avoid overlapping tariffs on Japan products. The information was released on Thursday (7.ago.2025) after meetings in Washington with US authorities.
During the meetings, according to, Akazawa asked the US Secretary of Commerce, and the Treasury Secretary, that the rate of, agreed in July, was not cumulatively applied to products that already face higher rates such as beef.
US authorities confirmed that they will change the presidential order of 31 July, which contained a clause against accumulation of tariffs to (European Union), but not to Japan. They also pledged to return excessive amounts.
“Frankly, I didn’t expect to visit the US again anytime soon”Said Akazawa, who has been in Washington 9 times since April.
Lutnick and Bessent also reported that Trump will reduce car tariffs from 27.5% to 15% in a separate executive order, according to the trade agreement established between the 2 countries last month.
The Treasury Department and the US Department of Trade did not respond to requests from to comment on meetings with the Japanese representative.
Japan is among the 8 main US trading partners who arrived at a trade agreement. The 15% rate applied to many Japanese products is considered relatively low in the current context. On August 6, the US began charging higher tariffs on imports from various countries, including 39% for Swiss goods and 35% for Canadian imports.
