Japan tariff negotiator Akazawa to hold more trade talks in US next week
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Saturday he planned to visit Washington next week to hold further ministerial-level talks with the United States. Tokyo hopes to clinch a deal by an August 1 deadline that will avert President Donald Trump‘s tariff of 25% on imports from Japan. “I intend to keep…