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	Japan Update April 18, 2019

	US opts for quick  agreement with Japan on  agriculture WASHINGTON -- Japan's tariff reductions on American farm  products under a bilateral trade  pact will be kept to levels set  by the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiators have decided, as the  Trump administration seeks an agreement on agriculture soon as it loses business to the multilateral  TPP. The broad agreement was reached during the first round of bilateral  trade talks that concluded Tuesday. Some in the U.S. administration  had called for deeper cuts, but negotiators decided to prioritize producing quick results that can be touted to American voters.
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