Japan and the United States have agreed to start discussions aimed at tackling additional US tariffs on Japanese steel and aluminium imports during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo, Japan’s industry ministry said on Monday.
The meeting was held between Japan’s Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, but a ministry official said no concrete measures were discussed and no date was set for the talks.
It comes after the United States said on Friday (November 12) it would open talks that could lead to an easing of those tariffs, a long-standing irritant in trade relations between the two.
Japan earlier this month asked the United States to abolish the “Section 232” tariffs imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in 2018.
