TOKYO — Lead Japanese tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa expressed doubt on Sunday that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump would hold talks before the Group of Seven summit in Canada set for June 15 to 17.
“It is unlikely that the prime minister will immediately talk with President Trump and come to a possible agreement,” Akazawa, Japan’s minister for economic and fiscal policy, told reporters after visiting Ishiba at the prime minister’s official residence to report on recent tariff negotiations.
