Citigroup Sees Role in Japan’s $550 Billion US Investment Deal

Citigroup Inc. is seeking to capture business tied to Japan’s planned $550 billion strategic investment in the US, betting it can play a role in the key component of the trade deal between the countries.

“We are trying to make sure that we facilitate as much as we can” for Japanese companies involved in the plan — from procuring dollar funding to managing exchange-rate risks, said Jason Rekate, the US lender’s recently appointed global chair of corporate banking. “I can feel the urgency in Japan around this.”

The investment framework agreed last year between US President Donald Trump ...