US EditionTrump signs order to cut tariffs on Japanese cars to 15%
The executive order implements a trade deal with Japan including $550 billion in Japanese investments and expanded U.S. agricultural exports worth $8 billion annually.
- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 4, 2025, lowering tariffs on Japanese automobiles from 27.5% to 15%.
- The order establishes a baseline 15% tariff on nearly all Japanese imports, promoting reciprocity and shared national interests between the US and Japan.
- Japan committed to invest $550 billion in US projects and increase rice imports, creating jobs and strengthening manufacturing.
- This agreement aims to reduce the US trade deficit and restore balance in trade relations between the two countries.
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The Japanese Stock Exchange is in the green this Friday, September 5, 2025. Japan is reassured after a decree signed on September 4 by US President Donald Trump, which raises doubts about the level of customs duties that will be imposed on cars manufactured in the archipelago. This will be 15% tax on entry into the United States, as for European cars, instead of the 27.5% imposed earlier this year.
The US President Donald Trump signed a decree to reduce customs duties on Japanese cars to 15% instead of 27.5%, stating that tariffs on most Japanese products would not exceed this new limit. Seven days after the publication of the new decree in the US Official Gazette, which has not yet happened. Tokyo welcomed the decree today, Friday, and Cabinet Secretary General Yoshimasa Hayashi said that it was "a faithful and tangible application of the…
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Japan welcomes Trump's order to implement lower tariffs on autos and other goods
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's order to implement lower tariffs on automobiles and other Japanese imports.
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