Japan is scrambling to arrange another round of talks with the United States after trade minister Yoji Muto emerged from discussions in Washington on Monday without a promise that Japanese companies would be exempt from the swingeing tariffs on imports announced by President Donald Trump.
Takeshi Iwaya, the foreign minister, is attempting to set up a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Canada this week, on the sidelines of a three-day Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting in Quebec that began on Wednesday.
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