USDA Undersecretary for Trade Ted McKinney says he doesn’t know what the next steps will be for economic and trade discussions with Japan.
“I do know that the U.S., and I think, frankly, Japan as well, want very much to get into some trade discussions,” McKinney told reporters in a conference call from Japan.
McKinney, completing a Japan trade mission involving agribusinesses and state departments of agriculture, says the U.S. prefers one-on-one negotiations, while Japan would prefer the U.S.