Abe’s adviser: Any border tax the US imposes should not violate WTO rules

Yasutoshi Nishimura, an adviser to the Japanese PM Abe crossed the wires last minutes, via Reuters noting that any US border tax should not violate WTO rules.

Key Points:

Wants to tell the US that any border tax it imposes should not violate World Trade Organisation rules

Not ruling out a US-Japan free trade agreement, but negotiations are not likely to start soon