US-China trade truce could cut Komatsu’s tariff burden by $140m, says CEO

Reuters

22 May 2025

Komatsu president & CEO Takuya Imayoshi Komatsu president & CEO Takuya Imayoshi (Image: Reuters/Miho Uranaka)

A trade truce between the US and China could ease Japanese construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu’s tariff pain by as much as 20 billion yen (US$140 million).

A trade truce between the US and China could ease Japanese construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu’s tariff pain by as much as 20 billion yen (US$140 million).

That is according to the firm’s CEO, Takuya Imayoshi, who was speaking to Reuters in an interview.

The company had previously forecast a 27%…

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