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On north korea we had to strongly demand north korea to abandon the nuclear missile program and not to make any more provocations. we have completely agreed on the importance of the early solution for the abduction issue in east china sea, south china sea, and indian ocean. everywhere we need to maintain the freedom of navigation and rule of law in such international order, there must be to maybe taken. japan and united states have confirmed that we will strongly protest any use of force as well as the coercion to change the status quo. i and the president will address bilateral and regional i...

Japan will continue to work closely on this. on north korea, we strongly demand north korea to abandon nuclear and ballistic missile program and not to make any more provocations, and we have completely agreed on the importance of the early solution for the abduction issue in east china sea, south china sea and indian ocean, everywhere, we need to maintain the freedom of navigation and rule of law, and such international order, that must be maintain ed. japan and the united states confirmed we will strongly protest any use of force, as well as any coercion to change the status quo. enat presid...

Instead of cvid, complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. it seems softer or than cvid. my question is will the u.s., japan and south korea continue to work toward cvid of north korea, and what do you think is the difference between cvid and -- [inaudible] and my second question is about the -- [inaudible] of the japanese. secretary pompeo, you said you raised the abduction issue of japanese during your visit to north korea. we'd like to know the detail and response from north korea. secretary and minister, how will the u.s. and south korea work with japan on this abduction issu...

Engagement with the north koreans have been very, very clear on what complete denuclearization means and how to get from here to complete denuclearization which means the complete dismantlement of the weapons, the material, the facilities, the plans. this is very clearly set goal for north korea, and we expect them to deliver on this commitment to complete denuclearization. on the abduction issue, yes, my president has also raised this in two rounds of discussions with chairman kim. we urge them to engage in bilateral discussions with japan on this issue of after all, it's a bilaterallal issue...

The united states imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum includi including japan, the e.u. nobody i happy about it. in the talks here in the oval office focused on the abduction issue and the ballistic missile issue. the president said they will try to take steps t ler playing field. but i have to be honest, the trade talks are not going well and american allies are banding together to put pressure on the united states to rescind the tariffs. during the bush administration, they tried to do something similar. eventually they signed so many waivers that the tariffs were like swiss cheese and th...