“ Trump secures historic $550B trade deal with Japan: 'Never been anything like it' Historic agreement promises hundreds of thousands of new American jobs and opens Japanese markets to US products A "massive" $550 billion trade deal has been reached with Japan, President Donald Trumpsaid on Tuesday, adding that it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. "We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits. This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it." Trump said Japan will open its country to trade in things like cars, trucks, rice and other agricultural products, as well as pay reciprocal tariffs of 15% to the U.S., under the deal…” https://www.foxbusiness.com/politic...de-deal-japan-never-been-anything-like-it.amp
“ Trump control over $550 billion in investments. It could be ‘vapor ware’ — and a model for other countries BY JASON MA July 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM EDT One of the provisions of the trade deal that set a 15% tariff on Japan is a pledge from Tokyo to invest $550 billion in key American sectors. The White House said the money will be deployed “at President Trump’s direction,” potentially giving him a bigger say in U.S. industrial policy. But details remain thin, and analysts are skeptical. The pledge from Japan to invest $550 billion in key U.S. industries could show other countries how to clinch a trade deal with the U.S., even as analysts question how real that money is...” https://fortune.com/2025/07/26/us-japan-trade-deal-trump-tariffs-550-billion-investment-vehicle/ “Vaporware is a term for a computer-related product that is announced and promoted but never released or officially canceled”
https://www.mitrade.com/insights/news/live-news/article-6-988746-20250726 According to a statement by a Japanese government official early Friday, Japan expects that the exact terms of the $550B investment package will see profits being split between the two countries based on the degree of contribution by both sides. This stance directly contradicts President Trump’s assertion that Japan would bear the entire investment burden on its own, with the US receiving 90% of the profits.
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