Japan's chief trade negotiator will visit the United States this week for talks aimed at convincing U.S. President Donald Trump to remove tariff measures against the East Asian country, officials said Tuesday.

Japan is set to begin tariff negotiations with the United States in Washington on Wednesday, one of the first countries to test President Donald Trump's willingness to relent on sweeping duties that have roiled markets and stoked recession fears.

TOKYO >> Japan will seek full removal of additional tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, its top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday, ahead of his scheduled three-day visit to Washington.

The U.S. government's landmark antitrust suit, alleging Meta's takeover of Instagram and WhatsApp was illegal, got underway Monday in Washington, D.C., as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the first to take the stand.

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a Washington, D.C., courtroom to defend his social media company from federal allegations that the technology giant is a monopoly. Meta, the parent company of Facebook,

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Washington state's request for emergency relief funds to help repair an estimated $34 million in damage from a deadly bomb cyclone storm system in November,