Japan, Trump and trade deal
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When President Donald Trump revealed that his administration had struck a "massive" trade and investment deal with Japan, he described it as "completed"—but it must still pass the Japanese parliament, called the Diet, which is riven with political turmoil.
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Over the past few decades, Japan-based automaker Toyota has spent billions of dollars to expand its manufacturing and assembly plants in the United States. Those plants now employ over 64,000 people across North America and have churned out millions of vehicles.
U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports and spares Tokyo from punishing new levies on other goods in exchange for a $550 billion package of U.S.-bound investment and loans.
Investors, finally having some good news, seemed to largely ignore thorny questions about the details of the trade deal, let alone the tenuous position of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following a recent election setback.
Among the strongest performers, Thermo Fisher Scientific rose 12%, topping the leaderboard for large-cap stocks, followed by T-Mobile US, up 9%.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to clinch a trade deal for Europe that would likely see a 15% baseline tariff on most EU goods,
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The Daily Caller on MSNHoward Lutnick Breaks Down Trump Admin’s Unique Japan Trade Deal At Daily Caller Live EventCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick revealed the unique and historic nature of the recently secured U.S.-Japan trade deal he helped negotiate during a Daily Caller Live event Thursday. President Donald Trump’s administration brokered a trade agreement with Japan where the East Asian country pledged to invest $550 billion in the U.