TOKYO: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that a trade deal with Japan remained possible, following talks in ...

A mutually beneficial U.S.-Japan tariff agreement is still possible, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday after ...

One analyst has pointed to inexperience for the Ishiba government's lack of success in striking a deal with the US. Read more ...

Bessent's victory lap on tariff revenues was premature. And so are hopes that the trade war won't damage commerce and the U.S. economy.