U.S., EU, Japan focus on NME issues in trilateral meeting

Trade ministers from the U.S., EU and Japan focused on non-market oriented policies and practices during a meeting in Washington, DC, this week, and instructed staff to finalize text on industrial subsidies in hopes of engaging other World Trade Organization members on the issue this spring, according to a joint statement. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko met on Wednesday for the fifth time as part of a trilateral initiative...