Bessent will be arriving in Tokyo tomorrow and is also set to meet with Japan trade negotiator Akazawa. We’ll see if this “courtesy visit” with Ishiba is part of that or perhaps it’s a way to pass on any message from Trump vice versa. Bessent will then be heading to Osaka on Saturday and Akazawa will also be accompanying the US envoy for that.
This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.