United States and European officials signaled progress in tariff talks Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump announced a pact with Japan and China said its vice premier would attend bilateral negotiations next week.

President Trump may have gotten his way with tariffs on some countries, but his overhaul of American trade policy has not gone unchallenged.

After three months of negotiations, Japan and the United States reached a realistic deal that is expected to minimize the impact of US tariffs on the Japanese economy. The deal sets a 15 percent US reciprocal tariff on imports from Japan,