Ryosei Akazawa

“In my past eight trips to the United States during which I held talks with the president and the ministers,”

Ryosei Akazawa · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-26

Ryosei Akazawa denied that quarterly reviews had been discussed during trade talks with the U.S.

“If we find differences of understanding, we may have to point them out and say ‘that’s not what we discussed,’”

Ryosei Akazawa · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-26

Ryosei Akazawa discussed the potential need to clarify differences between the U.S. and Japanese understandings of the deal.

“I have no recollection of discussing how we ensure the implementation of the latest agreement between Japan and the United States.”

Ryosei Akazawa · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-26

Ryosei Akazawa noted he had no memory of negotiating implementation mechanisms for the trade agreement.

“We definitely want to avoid that and I believe that is the understanding shared by the U.S. side,”

Ryosei Akazawa · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-26

Ryosei Akazawa stated that both sides aim to avoid disruptive tariff fluctuations.