Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said on Thursday that his U.S. counterparts had promised to correct the executive order pertaining to Japan so that the 15% “reciprocal” tariffs would not be stacked.
Speaking to reporters in Washington after his meetings with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Akazawa added that the U.S. side said any tariffs paid above the agreed 15% would be refunded retroactively.
AloJapan.com