Trump and Abe play golf amid US-Japan trade tensions

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Abe is Trump’s closest friend among world leaders and it’s the fifth time they played golf together since Trump took office. | AP

The leaders will also venture into Tokyo for a dinner double date with their wives.

Trump tweeted that he was “Going to play golf right now with @AbeShinzo. Japan loves the game.” Abe told reporters as he left for Mobara that Sunday’s weather was great for golf and “it seems we are in a good mood for sumo.”Neither leader spoke to reporters at the club before they climbed into a golf cart with Abe at the wheel. Trump ignored a shouted question from a U.S. reporter about whether he believed North Korea had violated U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Fox News Channel’s White House Correspondent John Roberts tweeted that Trump telephoned him Sunday morning in Tokyo and told Roberts that he intended to wait until after Japan’s parliamentary elections in July to push for a deal. The Trump administration has been threatening Japan with new tariffs on imports of autos and auto parts on national security grounds. Trump has suggested he will impose tariffs if the U.S. can’t wrest concessions from Japan and the European Union. In April, Japan’s trade surplus surged almost 18% to 723 billion yen .

 

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