TRUMP SAYS US AND JAPAN WILL WORK TO CUT TRADE DEFICIT AS HE GREETS ISHIBA

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday and said the two countries would work to cut Washington's trade deficit with Tokyo amid escalating trade tensions threatening to rupture the global economy.

"We love Japan!" Trump said as he greeted Ishiba and the two shook hands. Trump later said that the two countries would work together to get U.S. trade deficit with Japan down to "even."

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