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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump failed to reach a trade deal to reduce tariffs during a brief meeting at the G7 Summit in Canada.

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00:00Other than that, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and US President Donald Trump failed to agree on a trade deal, which would have lowered or eliminated tariffs.
00:10Trump and Ishiba met for 30 minutes on the sidelines of the G7 leader summit at the Kananaskis Mountain Resort in the Canadian Rockies.
00:21Speaking to reporters, after the meeting, Ishiba said we've been exploring the possibility of a deal down to the wire.
00:28However, he added that there are still points where our views remain divided.
00:34He then proceeded to say that Japan will do everything they can in protecting national interests such as automobiles.
00:41Ishiba and Trump will get another chance this month to discuss trade directly, with the two leaders due to attend the two-day NATO summit in The Hague from next Tuesday.

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