A cewar kafofin watsa labarai na ƙasashen waje, Amurka da Japan sun cimma yarjejeniya don soke wasu ƙarin haraji kan shigo da ƙarfe daga ƙasashen waje. An ruwaito cewa yarjejeniyar za ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Afrilu.
A bisa yarjejeniyar, Amurka za ta daina sanya haraji na kashi 25% kan wani adadin kayayyakin ƙarfe da aka shigo da su daga Japan, kuma iyakar da za a iya shigar da su ba tare da haraji ba ita ce tan miliyan 1.25. A madadin haka, Japan dole ne ta ɗauki matakai masu inganci don tallafawa Amurka don kafa "kasuwar ƙarfe mafi adalci" a cikin watanni shida masu zuwa.
Vishnu varathan, babban masanin tattalin arziki kuma shugaban dabarun tattalin arziki a bankin Mizuho da ke Singapore, ya ce soke manufar harajin kwastam a lokacin gwamnatin Trump ya yi daidai da tsammanin gwamnatin Biden na daidaita siyasar yanki da kawancen cinikayya na duniya. Sabuwar yarjejeniyar harajin kwastam tsakanin Amurka da Japan ba za ta yi wani tasiri mai yawa ga wasu kasashe ba. A zahiri, wani nau'in diyya ce ta dangantaka a cikin wasan ciniki na dogon lokaci.