ANKARA 

Japan and the US agreed on Friday to achieve "win-win" bilateral relations through tariff negotiations, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba spoke to President Donald Trump, Kyodo news reported.

The call, requested by the US side, came ahead of the third round of ministerial tariff talks in Washington on Friday.

Japan has urged the US to reconsider its tariff policy, which includes a 25% import duty on cars.

While a 24% "reciprocal" tariff has been put on hold, the US is still imposing a 10% baseline duty, along with levies targeting steel and aluminium.

"I said I hope to see a productive meeting at the ministerial level and (Trump) agreed," Ishiba told reporters after the phone call. "We agreed on the need for more bilateral cooperation, including in the field of economic security."

"Our stance hasn't changed that we will urge the United States to remove the tariffs," Ishiba said.

The two leaders also agreed to explore possibility to meet on the sidelines of G7 leaders' summit in Canada on June 15-17.

Ishiba said he is also not ruling out the possibility of travelling to the US to meet Trump, depending on how the situation unfolds.