Japan is poised to retract its plan to retaliate against steel import restrictions the United States invoked earlier this year, due to satisfaction with Washington’s moves to exempt certain items, a top Japanese trade official said Monday.
“Taking into account the developments so far and their substances, the current U.S. measures can be valued overall,” Seiji Murata, vice minister of economy, trade and industry, told a news conference.
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