washingtonnow from is sheila smith. relations for japan studies in new york and bloomberg's chief asia economics correspondent. trade to start with the deficit we both know that will be the first thing out of president trump's mouth after welcome. how open is the prime minister to addressing this? >> i think there will be an interesting conversation about trade. this is not what they talked about last year. they have been working at this for a year. what the japanese government has made clear is that they do not see a free trade agreement. they do not see an fta as a way to reduce trade deficit. what they are looking for is a larger economic framework that might offer other opportunities for deficit reduction, but certainly not a narrow fta. david: so president trump tweeted out that he is looking forward to his meeting. on friday he was tweeting that we have a problem with japan and trade. from the japanese perspective that you understand, how do they think they can address this?? inhe puts so much capital coming with

and joining us now is sheila smith, a senior fellow forjapan studies at the council on foreign relationsas done a bit of a bait and switch on them? they were all they're talking about military preparedness, they have been the target of a stream of missiles coming from north korea over the past year and suddenly it is summertime. exactly, the message that was delivered was somewhat shocking, the security adviser for north korea standing that lawn of the white house. the japanese do not wa nt the white house. the japanese do not want a nuclear north korea, they do not want a war on the peninsula. there is japanese interest in a denuclearisation of north korea but as barber said, it's the missile threat that also must be taken into account. how important is it that shinzo abe comes out of this meeting with donald trump knowing that allies in the region, japan and the us, but also south korea, are in lockstep when it comes to north korea? how critical is that? very important. kim jong—un has focused on moonjae—in at the olympics, a very emotional appeal to the unity of the korean people. jap