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Trump, Abe commit to ‘intensify’ talks on trade ‘deals'

April 18, 2018 at 8:07 PM
The U.S. and Japan have agreed to “intensify” talks on “free, fair and reciprocal trade deals,” President Trump and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, said on Wednesday. Appearing at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida after two days of meetings, Trump and Abe offered scant details on the talks and gave varying answers on whether they would address a bilateral free trade agreement -- with Trump saying they were discussing a “one-on-one deal” and Abe making clear that Japan continued to...


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