TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's leading trade negotiator said on Tuesday that the trade deal Tokyo agreed with the United States last week guarantees Japan will always receive the lowest tariff rate on chips and pharmaceuticals of all the pacts negotiated by Washington.

The new U.S.-Japan trade deal lowers tariffs and strengthens economic ties, helping challenge China's regional aggression and instability.

After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were scheduled to take effect.

Less than a week after President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed on a trade deal, the situation has unraveled. Japan's highly export-driven automotive industry is in disarray and there are deep divisions in how the agreement is understood.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a trade deal with Vietnam, under which Vietnamese imports to the United States will be subject to a 20% tariff while the United States will have ...

President Trump will get to decide where to invest Japanese money and the United States will keep 90 percent of the profits, the White House said.

The euro rose on Monday following a framework trade deal reached over the weekend between the United States and the European Union.