WASHINGTON/TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of imposing a tax as high as 35% on Japanese goods has put Japan in damage control mode and may force it to back down from its call to eliminate all additional tariffs.
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'Tough' Japan under pressure as Trump threatens higher tariff
Tokyo tries to avoid import duty of 30% or more
Japan's insistence that sectoral tariffs on automobiles and other sectors be abolished has complicated negotiations. © Kyodo
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