Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, is likely to travel to Washington for another round of tariff talks on Thursday, Jiji Press reported Wednesday.

He abruptly canceled an announced trip to the United States just before departure last week, raising concern that the trade deal reached by the two countries on July 22 was in danger.

Akazawa said at the time that there were certain issues that needed to be addressed at the working-level beforehand, and that the rest of the delegation had departed for Washington as planned despite his absence.