Sec. Bessent: The President Had a Very Good Call with Japanese PM that Led to Negotiations

EXCERPT:

BESSENT: "Well, look, Joe, my advice on April 2nd to our trading partners was not to panic, don’t escalate, and then we will see where President Trump is after a period of days or weeks. The response was overwhelming, so it was after a period of days, and he decided that it would be a good time to begin negotiating. The Japanese were very good actors. He had — the president had a very good call yesterday with prime minister — with the Japanese prime minister that led to these negotiations. And look, the Japanese are military partners, they’re economic partners. We have a substantial imbalance with them, and I’m sure that they are as anxious as we are to get this remedied."