On July 1, local time, US President Trump told the media during the flight that he strongly questioned the prospects of US-Japan tariff negotiations. He pointed the finger at Japan's policies in the two major fields of “rice” and “automobile trade.” He threatened that the US might impose a “30% or 35% tariff” on Japanese imports, which is higher than the 24% tariff rate he proposed on April 2. The Japan Broadcasting Association's Washington correspondent said that Trump's dissatisfaction with the Japanese automobile industry is deeply rooted, and this tariff threat will bring the Japan-US negotiations to an extremely serious situation.

On July 1, local time, US President Trump told the media during the flight that he strongly questioned the prospects of US-Japan tariff negotiations. He pointed the finger at Japan's policies in the two major fields of “rice” and “automobile trade.” He threatened that the US might impose a “30% or 35% tariff” on Japanese imports, which is higher than the 24% tariff rate he proposed on April 2. The Japan Broadcasting Association's Washington correspondent said that Trump's dissatisfaction with the Japanese automobile industry is deeply rooted, and this tariff threat will bring the Japan-US negotiations to an extremely serious situation.