Reference News, July 8 - According to Japan's Fuji TV News, on July 8, US President Trump sent letters to various countries regarding new tariffs. The 25% tariff on imports from Japan will be officially implemented from August 1. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Sho in the morning of the 8th expressed "great regret" over this, believing that it is essentially continuing negotiations without changing the original tariff rate.
Prime Minister Ishiba made these remarks at the comprehensive countermeasures headquarters established by the government to deal with the US tariffs. He said: "The tariff rates mentioned in this letter are not the 30% or 35% recently announced by President Trump. In fact, there has been no change compared to before, and the negotiation period has also been extended. The US side also stated that they hope to accelerate consultations with Japan before the new deadline set on August 1, and the content of the letter will be re-evaluated based on Japan's response."
The report said that regarding future negotiations, Ishiba gave the following three instructions to the cabinet members: continue to promote Japan-US consultations, actively explore the possibility of reaching an agreement that benefits both Japan and the US while safeguarding national interests; when assessing a series of US government actions including tariff measures and the responses of various countries, fully analyze their impact on Japan; continue to take all possible measures to alleviate the impact of US tariffs on Japanese industries and employment. (Translated by Liu Lin)
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