Policy · Trade and investment policy
Abe and Trump agree to set up economic dialogue at first summit
- From
- Government of Japan (Prime Minister Abe) (Tokyo)
- Covers
- US government (President Trump), Washington, D.C.
- Value
- Not disclosed
- Status
- Joint statement issued on February 10, 2017.
- Date
- 2017-02-10
At their first summit, held in Washington, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump issued a joint statement. They agreed to set up an economic dialogue and to deepen trade and investment ties between the two countries.
Why it matters
The statement set up the channel through which the two governments handled trade and investment issues in 2017, as the US left the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Sources
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