At 1:11 p.m. ET (17:11 GMT), the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average had risen by 145 points, or 0.3%, the benchmark S&P 500 increased 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%.

US President Donald Trump said Friday they would meet in Scotland this weekend in a decisive push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff.

Observers are closely watching plans for a 'new Japanese/USA investment vehicle.' They expect it to provide a template of sorts for a slew of remaining trade talks — even as conflicts grow over ...

Japan's $550 billion investment package agreed in this week's U.S. tariff deal could help finance a Taiwanese firm building ...

President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the ...