US Imposes 15% Tariff, Was Japan Tricked by Trump?

The total tariff is 15% → Fully imposing an additional 15% tariff, can Trump still play like this?

Japan was indeed cheated by Trump.

This is the case: On the 7th, the United States released an official announcement on imposing tariffs, and Japan found that the tariff in the announcement was different from the terms of the US-Japan agreement. That is, the US-Japan agreement stipulates that the tariff on goods below 15% should be adjusted to 15%, while those above 15% remain unchanged, which is the same treatment as the EU; but the US government's announcement is to impose an additional 15% tariff on goods that have already been subject to tariffs in Japan.

This wording difference caused a big uproar among the Japanese, and the Japanese Minister of Economic Revitalization, Akizawa Ryo, directly expressed protest through the media while visiting the United States.

But this is not the most absurd part, because Japan's proposed US-Japan trade agreement never had any written documents or statements from the beginning, all were verbal commitments from Trump.

This can only be said that Japan actually dared to trust Trump's credibility: He sometimes does not even recognize written documents, so such verbal commitments are just an opportunity for Trump to flip his face at any time, right?

Now Japan is in a difficult situation. Considering Trump's usual behavior, it is hard for Japan to get an explanation from him.

Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1839792825535690/

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