The new US ambassador to Japan, George Glass, says that he is "extremely optimistic" that the two countries will reach a trade deal, following talks in Washington with Tokyo’s tarrifs envoy.
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00:00I was very optimistic I've met now with most of the principals who are in the
00:08room and doing the negotiating and and and talking this through and I'm
00:13extremely optimistic that that something's you know that that a deal
00:18will get done we have the best and the brightest from Japan they're doing the
00:23negotiations we have the best and brightest for the United States second
00:27the Secretary of Treasury the Secretary of Commerce are both people that I know
00:32and have spoken with and I'm in are are brilliant in their fields and they're
00:38also very creative out-of-the-box thinkers and when I saw that President Trump then
00:43decided he was going to get involved and has now named this his top priority
00:47that's why I have a lot of confidence that we'll get something done