Japan warns against trade deal backtracking after latest tariffs

Bloomberg: “Minister Akazawa also conveyed that, as the U.S. government rolls out new tariff measures, Japan’s position should not be worse off than its position under last year’s Japan–U.S. agreement,” the statement read, referring to a deal under which Japan agreed to create the $500 billion investment vehicle as the US lowered tariffs on auto imports from Japan to 15% from 27.5%…