Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday expressed eagerness to start negotiations with Japan at an early date for a bilateral free trade agreement, saying the United States considers it a “very high priority” to forge such a deal with Japan….
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday expressed eagerness to start negotiations with Japan at an early date for a bilateral free trade agreement, saying the United States considers it a “very high priority” to forge such a deal with Japan. The comment was taken as suggesting that the United States may propose talks for a bilateral FTA in a high-level economic dialogue the two governments are planning to start in April. Japan “is a major trading partner and military defence partner of the US,” Ross said at a news conference after a meeting with Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo in Washington.
