MEXICO CITY – Japanese trade minister Takeo Hiranuma and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick agreed Saturday to start a new round of auto trade talks, a Japanese official said.
Zoellick suggested a new round of talks after an auto pact between the two countries expired at the end of 2000, when Japan refused to renew it. Hiranuma agreed to the offer, the official said.
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