TOKYO -- In an attempt to get U.S. President Donald Trump to ease up on Japan's trade surplus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an elaborate presentation last year mapping out new American investments planned by Japanese companies totaling $20 billion.
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Abe likely gave Trump a detailed rundown of Japanese companies' plans to invest in the U.S. to try and lighten pressure on the Asian nation to trim the bilateral trade imbalance.
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