Trump announces Japan trade deal after weeks of fraught negotiations

<p>Tokyo’s failure to secure a US trade deal had caused political uproar and economic uncertainty in Japan, with prime minister Shigeru Ishiba reportedly considering his future</p><p>Donald Trump has announced a trade deal with Japan, potentially resolving weeks of fraught negotiations between the two allies which caused political uproar and economic uncertainty in Tokyo.</p><p>“We just completed a massive Deal with Japan,” the US president announced in a post online, adding “Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/trump-announces-japan-trade-deal-after-weeks-of-fraught-negotiations">Continue reading...</a>