US and Japan Business – level 2

14-10-2019 07:00

The US and Japan signed two new trade deals last week.

The first deal has an impact on exports  – exports are sending products to another country. The deal will eliminate or reduce Japanese taxes on farming products like beef, pork, wheat and others. The US believes that it will make the trade with Japan fairer.

The second deal focuses on digital trade. These are things like music, videos or software. Currently, this business has a value of 40 billion dollars and the US wants to improve it.

At the same time, the US and China are starting to talk about business, too. They focus on similar areas of business as they do with Japan.

Difficult words: trade deal (an official and signed agreement between two or more groups, usually about business or politics), eliminate (stop the existence of something), value (the worth of something).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What do you think about this news?

LEARN 3000 WORDS with NEWS IN LEVELS

News in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions
below.

How to improve your English with News in Levels: 

Test

  1. Do the test at Test Languages.
  2. Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.

Reading

  1. Read two news articles every day.
  2. Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.

Listening

  1. Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.
  2. Listen to the news from today without reading the text.

Writing

  1. Answer the question under today’s news and write the answer in the comments.

Speaking

  1. Choose one person from the Skype section.
  2. Talk with this person. You can answer questions from Speak in Levels.

 

Stock images by Depositphotos