Analysts at Bank of America said that the Japan deal "looks like a reasonable blueprint" for other auto-exporting countries like South Korea.

President Donald Trump announced new trade agreements with Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia this week as the Trump-imposed August 1 tariff deadline approaches. The U.S.–Japan agreement reduces planned tariffs on Japanese exports from 25% to 15% in exchange for a $550 billion Japanese investment in U.

Markets have cheered President Trump’s trade deals with Japan and the European Union. New 15% tariffs on most imported products from those countries are lower than many analysts expected, and they finally bring some predictability to Trump’s chaotic on-and-off-and-on-again tariff policy.

Trump's trade deals with the EU and Japan pave the way for the stock market to end with it's third straight annual gain of more than 20%, Oppenheimer said.

Japan is playing down the risks from its deal after the White House said the U.S. would direct $550 billion in investments by Japan and keep 90% of the profit.

The S&P 500 would go on to rise 1.5% on the week, clocking new highs along the way before closing at 6,388.64 on Friday, 25 July 2025. Click to read.

Japanese automakers breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump finalized a trade agreement last week. However, the relief is tempered by intensifying competition, especially from China,