Japan struggles to avoid Trump’s tariff threat as deadline looms
Higher tariffs on Japanese cars, the country’s biggest export to the US, are still being negotiated. US President Donald Trump has been adamant about reducing its trade deficit with other nations, while two-thirds of Japan’s trade surplus with the US comprises vehicle sales [File: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg] Japan‘s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have averted giving away too…