Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to have a "productive" conversation about tariffs after speaking Friday.

President Donald Trump said on Friday morning that negotiations with the EU are "going nowhere" and threatened the countries with a 50% tariff.

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa intends to visit the United States again on May 30 for a fourth round of trade talks, just one week after this weekend's visit, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

“It is not like (Trump) pointed a finger at Japan,” the official said. “It is not even clear that (the U.S.) will really impose the extra tariffs in April.” But Japanese automakers are ...