“We have been working on a deal with Japan for a long time. And we basically agreed. This is billions and billions of dollars ... Perhaps we will sign it somewhere in the region of the UN General Assembly, ”the RIA Novosti press service quoted the White House as saying.

In late May, trump during a visit to Japan expressed his intention to make Washington’s trade with Tokyo “more honest.”

He also said that the main focus in negotiations with Japan was on trade in agricultural products and meat.