1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Trump-Abe Meeting and Prospects for U.S.-Japan Trade Talks name redacted Analyst in International Trade and Finance name redacted Analyst in International Trade and Finance May 4, 2018 Overview Since coming into office, t
2、he Trump Administration has expressed concerns about the U.S. trade deficit with Japan and an interest in talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), a move Japan has resisted. On April 17-18, 2018, President Trump and Prime Minister Abe held a summit to discuss U.S.-Japan relations and regiona
3、l security issues. Trade was a highly anticipated subject of the meeting. Several recent trade developments posed an important backdrop to the meeting. In early March, Japan with 10 other countries, not including the United States, signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific
4、 Partnership (CPTPP). The Japan-led CPTPP, also called TPP-11, is a revised version of the original U.S.-signed (but not enacted) TPP agreement, from which President Trump withdrew in 2017. CPTPP is designed to eventually eliminate most tariff and many non-tariff barriers among the parties. In March
