WASHINGTON -- The inaugural cabinet-level U.S.-Japan trade talks that ended on Friday failed to bridge differences over sensitive issues such as cars and agriculture. Yet the U.S. side avoided pressing the Japanese too hard and refrained from brandishing additional tariffs or ultimatums.
"In terms of individual issues, there was nothing that was decided," Japan's trade point man Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters after the two days of negotiations were concluded.
