Deadline looming, Japan struggles to elude Trump tariff threat

By Leika Kihara and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have averted giving away too much in trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but Tokyo is struggling ahead of a late-month deadline to achieve its primary goal: get the unpredictable president to drop threats of punitive auto tariffs. Even after announcing a preliminary deal with Abe on Aug

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