Negotiations have stalled ahead of next week’s deadline, with some suggesting Japan misjudged the depth of President Trump’s frustration over Tokyo’s policies.

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice.

It means that a tariff of 341 yen ($2.4) per kilogram of rice will remain in place for now, a rate that has been in place since Japan opened its market in 1999 and allowed importers to bring in rice as long as they pay a 341-yen tariff per kilo.