Japan's Amari plays down expectations on U.S. trade deal progress

Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari played down the prospect of substantial progress in trade talks being announced after a summit meeting between Japan and the United States on Tuesday. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said a joint statement after the meeting would probably refer to "substantial progress" in negotiations between the two countries on a trade deal and would talk of them cooperating to move towards an agreement on the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pac