tokyo u.s. vice president mike pence tuesday put japan notice washington want result near future talk hop open market u.s. goods add dialogue could lead negotiations two-way trade deal u.s. president donald trump prime minister shinzo abe arrange economic dialogue deputies washington summit february soon trump take office today begin process economic dialogue end may result bilateral trade negotiations future pence tell news conference deputy prime minister taro aso counterpart tuesday talk point future may decision make nations take learn dialogue commence formal negotiations free trade agreement say leave future comment dash hop japanese policymakers say want avoid use economic dialogue forum discuss bilateral fta may put u.s. pressure open highly-protected areas like agriculture also echo u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross tell reporters washington eager increase trade tie tokyo two-way pact trump campaign office america first platform say would boost u.s. manufacture job shrink country trade deficit countries like japan trump also abandon 12-nation trans-pacific partnership tpp back predecessor barack obama abe vow revisit regional trade deal focus two-way agreements pence say tpp thing past washington would wait forever result talk president trump agree dialogue envision mechanism enhance bilateral commercial relations unite state japan achieve result near future share vision impatience pence tell aso start talk aso turn say u.s.-japan trade friction sour tie 1980s 1990s distant past ally enter era cooperation past u.s.-japan economic relations start friction enter new area start cooperation tell news conference instead one side tell want start debate relationship mutual strategic statement talk two side say agree dialogue produce concrete result near term agree hold second round talk end year ross see hardline trade also visit tokyo meet japan trade minister hiroshige seko sign bilateral trade deal among washington top priorities little bite early say form things take certainly eager increase trade relationships japan form agreement ross say ask possible free trade pact pence arrive tokyo south korea visit heavily fortify border separate north south describe u.s.-japan alliance cornerstone regional security pence 10-day tour asia aim emphasise u.s. president donald trump want boost u.s. trade region despite scrap tpp japan 69-billion trade surplus unite state last year u.s. treasury department say express concern call persistence imbalance japanese officials counter tokyo account much small chunk america deficit past china imbalance much big trump complain japan keep currency artificially low although treasury department report last week label japan currency manipulator however currencies figure tuesday talk japanese government official say pence kick japan talk side seek 'near term result