U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday described an envisaged trade deal with Japan as a "free trade agreement," contradicting Tokyo's assertion that the bilateral accord sought by the two governments will not be as comprehensive as an FTA."We're forging new trade deals, on a bilateral basis, just as last week, President Trump signed an improved trade deal with South Korea, and we will soon begin negotiating a historic bilateral free trade agreement with Japan," Pence said in an address in Washington.U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed in a meeting …READ FULL ARTICLE
