President Donald Trump announced new trade agreements with Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia this week as the Trump-imposed August 1 tariff deadline approaches. The U.S.–Japan agreement reduces planned tariffs on Japanese exports from 25% to 15% in exchange for a $550 billion Japanese investment in U.

The 15% tariff would be lower than previously threatened, but it would remain a high duty on America’s largest trading partner.

A new Nissan Murano on your shopping list? Or perhaps the 2026 Mazda CX-5? Big price hikes may be coming for Japanese auto imports under the U.S.-Japan trade deal announced Wednesday.

President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the United States.

TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -Shares of Japanese, South Korean and European automakers surged on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a trade deal with Tokyo that included reducing tariffs on Japanese auto imports to 15%, a move that stoked optimism about a similar agreement for Seoul and Brussels.

Wall Street climbed Wednesday after President Donald Trump reached a trade deal with Japan and hopes rose for more agreements by August 1.

The trade deal with Japan is also giving investors hope that there could be similar reductions on tariffs for vehicles imported from other countries—including trade agreements that would benefit U.S.

"The biggest piece in the trade deal puzzle still remains, and the Chinese are unlikely to be as willing to fold."