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US eager to forge bilateral free-trade deal with Japan
Published Tue, Apr 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
THE US and Japan launched their first regular "economic dialogue" in Tokyo on Tuesday amid signs of impatience on Washington's part for a trade agreement with Japan that will provide a model for the kind of bilateral deals President Donald Trump prefers over multilateral pacts.
"Mr Trump envisioned th…
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