Japan's chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa spoke with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over phone for about 40 minutes on the day and expressed his country's disappointment, Kyodo News ...

The kingdom's total exports amounted to 14.29 billion dollars during the cited period, a year-on-year increase of 16 percent, and total imports reached 16.28 billion dollars, up 18 percent, according ...