'Investment, not tariffs,' says Ishiba after telephone talks with Trump before 3rd round of talks

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that helium held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to clasp “productive” treatment astatine an upcoming tariff talks betwixt the 2 sides

ByMARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press

TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that helium held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to clasp “productive" discussions astatine an upcoming tariff talks betwixt the 2 sides.

“Investment, not tariffs,” Ishiba told reporters aft the talks. He said Japan’s presumption to support pushing Washington to driblet each caller tariff measures is unchanged and that helium stands by plans to propulsion for Japanese concern to make much jobs successful the U.S. successful exchange.

The 2 leaders held talks conscionable aft Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's main tariff negotiator, headed to Washington for a 3rd circular of talks with his U.S. counterparts. In the earlier rounds of talks, the U.S. had not agreed to the Japanese requests.

Ishiba said helium reminded Trump that Japan's presumption was for the U.S. medication to scrap each caller tariffs connected imports from Japan, to which the U.S. president made nary circumstantial response.

“I expressed my expectations for productive treatment to beryllium held, and we agreed,” Ishiba told reporters.

The U.S. is charging a 25% tariff connected imports of autos, a mainstay of Japan’s commercialized with the U.S. and a cardinal operator of maturation for the economy. Trump has relaxed immoderate of those tariffs but has kept successful spot higher tariffs connected alloy and aluminum.

Friday's talks were requested by Trump and the 2 leaders discussed astir 45 minutes connected scope of topics that besides included information practice betwixt the 2 allies and the U.S. president’s caller sojourn to the Middle East, Ishiba said.

He said the 2 leaders besides agreed to clasp talks erstwhile they some be the Group of Seven acme successful Canada adjacent month.