Japan PM Abe: Retaliatory tariffs "don't create anything"

Japanese PM Abe is on the wires now, via Reuters, commenting on the escalating global trade tensions while speaking in Tokyo.

Key Headlines:

Retaliatory tariffs "don't create anything".

Japan wants to lead the way in the creation of fair rules.

Shortly, the BoJ Governor Kuroda is due to speak at 0540 GMT at a symposium commemorating the 30th anniversary of stock index futures trading, in Tokyo.