Ishiba will also look to remind Trump — who has proposed tariffs on both friends and foes in an effort to boost American manufacturing — about the long-running U.S.-Japan alliance. Japanese companies employ nearly 1 million Americans and have held the top spot for cumulative foreign direct investment into the U.S. over the last five years.

A Crucial Meeting Between Allies Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to reinforce the strong alliance between the two nations.

Trump also announced alongside the Japanese prime minister that Nippon Steel was dropping its $14.1 billion acquisition of U.S. steel.