Talks with Japan likely to start in March: U.S. trade chief

The United States and Japan will likely launch trade talks in March, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Wednesday.The top U.S. trade negotiator made the remarks in congressional testimony. The bilateral talks had been expected to begin in April or May as the United States needs to focus first on ongoing negotiations with China to settle a tariff war.[Getty/Kyodo]U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to start trade negotiations last September. Tokyo has said the talks for a trade deal with Washington will focus primarily on goods, seeming to …READ FULL ARTICLE