Source: REUTERS, 4/30/19

The United States may push for a quick trade deal with Japan to gain the same access to agricultural markets as some other Japanese trade partners, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday.  U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded terms of trade more favorable to the United States from top trade partners China, Japan and the European Union.  Trump said last week after one-to-one talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he hoped he could clinch a deal with Japan by the time he visits Tokyo in May.

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