Well, Japan is at least trying to be creative by further burning bridges with China here. I mean despite both sides having maintained relatively strong economic ties, things have been rather strained politically for many years now. That especially since the territorial dispute in 2010, which eventually led to the embargo on rare earth supplies. And ultimately, this is what is happening now.As things stand, Japan is still trying to push for a removal of tariffs especially that of autos. So, we'll see how things will play out from here. Akazawa is making his way to Washington again today in a four-day visit in trying to speed things along before the G7 summit. His latest comment at the airport was "we will continue to strongly request that the series of tariff measures by the US be reviewed". This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.