(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) kyo April 22 - Japan and the United States are not expected to announce a broad bilateral agreement for a Pacific trade pact when the leaders from the two countries meet Thursday in Tokyo as they remain considerably apart over the issue of market access for agricultural products and automobiles. Japanese trade chief Akira Amari on Tuesday signaled that bridging Japan-US gaps over the remaining problems in their bilateral talks related to a so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership trade initiative would be difficult although some had anticipated a broad agreement would be announced at a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe according to Japan's (Kyodo) News Agency. "There is still a considerable distance" between the two sides Amari said at a press conference.
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