Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday that Tokyo will not rush a trade deal with the U.S. until it secures its national interests. “It is important to proceed slowly but surely,” Ishiba reportedly said at a press conference in Calgary on Tuesday during his visit to Canada for the G7 summit.

Trump and Ishiba met for 30 minutes on the sidelines of the G7 leaders summit at the Kananaskis Mountain resort in the Canadian Rockies. Japan had hoped the sit down, only their second in-person meeting,