The two are expected to meet on the sidelines of the meeting following a sixth round of high-level trade talks in Washington on Friday.

Top Japanese tea brand Ito En's latest push to win over health-conscious U.S. customers with its traditional unsweetened brew has hit a new road bump: President Donald Trump's trade tariffs. The company had splashed out on a tie-up with Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani.

President Trump told reporters this week that he would send letters to trading partners in the next week or two setting unilateral tariff rates. “At a certain point, we’re just going to send letters out.

China, Mexico, the European Union, Japan, Canada and many airlines and aerospace companies worldwide urged the Trump administration not to impose new national security tariffs on imported commercial planes and parts,