When U.S. President Donald Trump visits Japan in early November as part of his first official trip to Asia, he is unlikely to push Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to accept U.S. calls to start negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement, according to two Japan experts in Washington.Rather than exposing a rift over a major economic issue, Trump and Abe are expected to highlight a robust alliance in the face of the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and China's assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas, they say."If President Trump opens the issue of an FTA with Japan, it…READ FULL ARTICLE
