U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Japan and other major trading partners are changing their approach to tariff negotiations “very, very rapidly,” indicating he believes there may soon be progress toward agreements.
Trump made the claim while speaking about the current status of the administration’s trade negotiations, singling out Japan and the European Union.
He also restated his accusation that Japan has been reluctant to import American cars and agricultural products.
“The European Union is talking to us. They want to open up their country. I would say Japan (is), to a much lesser extent, in terms of opening up their country,” Trump told reporters upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews on the outskirts of Washington.
“Japan, as you know…we’re very close to Japan, but they sell us millions and millions of cars a year. We sell them no cars because they won’t accept our cars, and they won’t accept much of our agriculture either,” he said. “But they’re all changing their ways very, very rapidly.”
