Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and US President Donald Trump have struck a warm tone in their first meeting, with Tokyo avoiding tariffs that Trump has slapped on other allies. The two leaders pledged to stand together against Chinese “aggression” and said they found a solution to a blocked deal for troubled US Steel. Trump however pressed Ishiba to cut the US trade deficit with Japan to zero and warned that Tokyo could still face tariffs on exported goods if it fails to do so. Japan promised to invest $1 trillion in the US and boost Japanese purchases of US defense equipment.

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