Japan's top economic negotiator said on Friday (May 2) that tariff negotiations with the United States covered how Japan can expand trade, non-tariff measures and economic security cooperation.<br /><br />Ryosei Akazawa spoke to reporters in Washington D.C. after meeting US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.<br /><br />Currently, American tariffs are costing one Japanese automaker "a million dollars every hour", Akazawa said. <br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline