By John Geddie, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Trevor Hunnicutt TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Tokyo's top trade negotiator met U.S. President Donald Trump for tariff talks at the White House earlier this month,

South-east Asia faces “major impacts” due to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Mr Ishiba said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States was very close to a tariff deal with Japan. Trump spoke to reporters as he left the White House to travel to Rome for Pope Francis' funeral.

California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the threat posed by President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the tech powerhouse’s fast-growing wealth.

GDP was surpassed by China in 2010 and Germany in 2023, positioning the country in fourth place until the latest figures were released.

If California were its own country, its economy would now rank as the fourth largest of any nation in the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week.