Analysts: Trump’s Japan visit seen easing implementation of tariff deal

President Trump’s visit to Japan last week, including a first meeting with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, could have laid the groundwork for the smooth implementation of the prior government’s trade and investment pact with the U.S., two analysts said following the talks. “I think the general overall feeling about the summit between Trump and Takaichi is that it was extraordinarily successful, from the Japanese perspective,” David Boling, a former Office of the U.S. Trade Representative negotiator who is now...