Deputy Prime Minister Aso and Finance Minister and Vice President Pence discuss the economic issues of Japan and the US The Japan - U.S. Economic dialogue has been held twice so far, and at the meeting in October of last year, We have compiled results documents incorporating the infrastructure development and export of natural gas.

Both Governments of Japan and the U.S. will hold office level meetings in Tokyo from 24th this month in order to identify issues for the next dialogue.

At the meeting, opinions are expected to be exchanged focusing on trade between Japan and the United States, Japan is dealing with urgent import restrictions imposed on American frozen beef, the treatment of so-called "safeguard" , As a measure against BSE, Japan has taken measures to limit imports of American beef to cattle with age less than 30 months. Besides this, cooperation between Japan and the United States in the creation of international safety standards concerning the latest technologies such as automatic driving will be an agenda item.

A year after the launch of the trump regime has expressed interest in trade negotiations between Japan and the US that are easy to pass on their arguments, and the Japanese side frankly exchanged opinions at the administrative level I would like to lead to the next economic dialogue.