alex capri, joining the earlierfrom deal. alex capri, joining the earlier from seattle, deal. the earlierfrom seattle, washington. japan is on a global trade charm offensive with prime minister abe in europe this week, while the economics minister meets representatives for the us and europe in washington today. joining us now europe in washington today. joining us now is business reporter mariko oi. what is likely to happen in the talks? as you can imagine, talks will be overshadowed by what's going on in beijing and what president trump calls china's unfair trade practices. remember, his administration has slapped tariffs worth $250 billion on chinese goods. in retaliation, beijing countered that with duties on $110 billion of us goods. it is notjust a big trade deficit mr trump keeps complaining about. beijing has been accused of stealing or pressuring companies to hand over technology. injune the eu put forward a challenge against the world trade organisation in china saying that beijing prevent foreign companies from protecting and profiting from their own technology. the

alex capri, joining the earlier from seattle, washington.bal trade charm offensive with prime minister abe in europe this week, while the economics minister meets representatives for the us and europe in washington today. joining us now is business reporter mariko oi. what is likely to happen in the talks? as you can imagine, talks will be overshadowed by what's going on in beijing and what president trump calls china's unfair trade practices. remember, his administration has slapped tariffs worth $250 billion on chinese goods. in retaliation, beijing countered that with duties on $110 billion of us goods. it is notjust a big trade deficit mr trump keeps complaining about. beijing has been accused of stealing or pressuring companies to hand over technology. injune the eu put forward a challenge against the world trade organisation in china saying that beijing prevent foreign companies from protecting and profiting from their own technology. the tension has cast doubt on the wto's ability to handle disputes and the global trade body can't eve