US ambassador to Japan 'extremely optimistic' about trade deal
The new US ambassador to Japan George Glass says he is 'extremely optimistic' that the two countries will agree to a trade deal, after Tokyo's tariffs envoy held talks in Washington. 'I've met now with most of the principals who are in the room and doing the negotiating and talking this through. And I'm extremely optimistic that a deal will get done,' Glass told reporters during his first media opportunity in Japan upon his arrival.
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The new US ambassador to Japan George Glass says he is 'extremely optimistic' that the two countries will agree to a trade deal, after Tokyo's tariffs envoy held talks in Washington. 'I've met now with most of the principals who are in the room and doing the negotiating and talking this through. And I'm extremely optimistic that a deal will get done,' Glass told reporters during his first media opportunity in Japan upon his arrival.
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00:00I was very optimistic.
00:01I've met now with most of the principals who are in the room and doing the negotiating
00:06and talking this through, and I'm extremely optimistic that a deal will get done.
00:15We have the best and the brightest from Japan there doing the negotiations.
00:20We have the best and brightest from the United States.
00:24The Secretary of Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce are both people that I know and
00:29have spoken with and are brilliant in their fields, and they're also very creative, out
00:35of the box.
00:36When I saw that President Trump then decided he was going to get involved and has now named
00:41this his top priority, that's why I have a lot of confidence that we'll get something
00:45done.
01:12You