Donald Trump is meeting Sunday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, taking a break from golfing in Scotland to discuss trade as both sides seek an agreement on tariff rates now that the White House's deadline to impose stiff tariff rates is looming.

As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya made gains on a “Japanese first” platform.

President Donald Trump says that Japan has given him $550 billion to invest in the United States. It’s an astonishing figure, but still subject to negotiation and perhaps not the sure thing

President Donald Trump announced a new trade framework with Japan, boasting a staggering USD 550 billion investment in the US. However, details remain under negotiation, and it's uncertain if this represents new or existing investments.

Japan said Saturday that the country’s newly announced $550B investment package could be used to help finance semiconductor plants in the US.

First, are tariffs higher? It’s been hard to follow the many impositions, cancellations, negotiations and pauses in tariff policy. But one way to measure tariffs is “customs duties,” which is the revenue the government collects from tariffs on imported goods.

He’s a wheeler-dealer, our president, needless to say, and he’s kind of cutting these deals — but he has scared these people, and he’s leveraged American bargaining

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