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Expect a US-Japan trade deal in 6 to 9 months, says former USTR official
video The U.S. and Japan will likely reach a trade settlement in the next six to nine months that will “give each side something to claim credit for,” a former trade official told CNBC on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Saturday in a state visit amid looming trade issues between the two countries. “Trump and (Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo) Abe have established a good relationship. Both have been relying on each other to help them domestically, ” said Glen Fukushima, former deputy assistant of United States Trade Representative for Japan and China during Ronald Reagan’s ... (full story)