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U.S.-Japan Leaders Meeting Yields No Sign Of Deal, But Obama Signals Confidence

April 28, 2015 at 12:32 PM
Updated: A bilateral meeting between President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended on Tuesday (April 28) without any indication they had reached a bilateral deal on market access for agricultural and automobile trade under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), though Obama signaled he is confident that the two countries will ultimately be able to reach an agreement despite domestic political hurdles. “I know that the politics around trade can be hard in both our countries,” he said...

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