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U.S. and Japan Discuss Trade Agreement in Washington
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April 18, 2019

Robert Lighthizer and Minister Toshimitsu Motegi shake handsUnited States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer met with Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi April 15-16 in Washington to continue negotiations on the United States-Japan Trade Agreement.

The two officials reaffirmed their shared goal of achieving substantive results on trade in furtherance of the joint statement issued by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 26, 2018.