Japan and the United States agreed on Friday to hold working-level meetings intensively from early next month to accelerate progress toward a two-way trade agreement, economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.
The agreement between Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer comes after a meeting of the world's largest and third-largest economies on the sidelines of the G20 summit of world leaders in Osaka, with trade issues high on the agenda.
The two leaders agreed to accelerate trade talks and had agreed the alliance was stronger than ever, a Japanese government official told reporters.