Japan, US Agree to Start Talks on Additional Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

Japan, US Agree to Start Talks on Additional Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
A worker adjusts the U.S. flag before Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses media following a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, N.Y., on Nov. 17, 2016. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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TOKYO—Japan and the United States have agreed to start discussions aimed at tackling additional U.S. tariffs on Japanese steel and aluminum imports during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo, Japan’s industry ministry said on Monday.

The meeting was held between Japan’s Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, but a ministry official said no concrete measures were discussed and no date was set for the talks.