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CNA (17 June 2025)

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and US President Donald Trump agreed to push ahead with trade talks on Monday (Jun 16), but failed to achieve a breakthrough that would lower or eliminate tariffs that threaten to hobble the Japanese economy.

Trump and Ishiba met for 30 minutes on the sidelines of the G7 leaders summit at the Kananaskis Mountain resort in the Canadian Rockies. Japan had hoped the sit down, only their second in-person meeting, would help spur a trade deal between the two countries. "We've been exploring the possibility of a deal down to the wire, but there are still points where our views remain divided," Ishiba told reporters in Kananaskis. He declined to say on what issues Japan and the US disagreed.

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