1. Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei is leaving for the US for the first round of negotiations on tariff measures introduced by President Donald Trump’s administration. After arriving in Washington, he will begin talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
2. Former US President Joe Biden has strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s administration for causing extensive harm during its first few months. The former president noted that the Trump administration has laid off many workers at the Social Security Administration. Biden said, “Fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction.”
3. The US Transport Department says it has withdrawn a grant for a high-speed railway project in Texas, dashing hopes Japanese bullet train technology would be used. Surging costs led decision-makers to label the project “unrealistic,” leaving its future uncertain.
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