The leaders of the United States and Japan showed a united front on the DPRK, as Donald Trump hosted Shinzo Abe at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. But on the issue of trade, the two leaders did not see eye to eye. Roee Ruttenberg has more.

Shinzo Abe - Japan's Prime Minister - came to Florida, hoping for a win. He's leaving with a draw. On the DPRK and its nuclear weapons and missiles program, Abe got resounding assurances from US President Donald Trump that Washington had his back. The two remain united, he said, in their goal to have a complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Officials in Tokyo had warned Washington - and others - not to be swayed by what they called DPRK's "charm offensive". Trump said: he wasn't.

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "If I think it's a meeting that's not fruitful we're not going to go. If the meeting is not fruitful while I'm there, I'll respectfully leave the meeting."

Trump also promised Abe that he would address the issue of Japanese nationals, abducted by the DPRK in the 1970s and 80s, when he meets with Kim Jong Un in late May or early June. Again, a promise the Japanese leader came wanting to hear. But Abe and Trump remained divided over the issue of trade. Abe has spent significant political capital back home pushing for a 12 nation trade agreement, known as the TPP, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It now has 11 countries. Trump pulled out of talks just three days into his presidency. Just before Abe's visit, he suggested he'd be open to joining, then appeared to rule it out again. Abe has faced criticism in Japan for not getting an exemption to recently introduced US tariffs on steel and aluminum.

SHINZO ABE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER "As for section 232, Japanese steel and aluminum would not exert any negative influences on US security, rather, it's in a position that the Japanese product is high."

Trump tried to leverage the issue to push Abe towards a bilateral trade deal.

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "And if we can come to an arrangement on a new deal between the United States and Japan that would certainly be something we can discuss. Aluminum tariffs, steel tariffs. I would look forward to in the future taking them off."

The two leaders suggested there was a way forward - to improve both economies. But acknowledged that there was a distance in their positions.

ROEE RUTTENBERG WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA "Abe also denied suggestions that he's being left out of the loop with respect to the US' approach to the DPRK, that's despite not knowing ahead of time that Trump was accepting an offer to meet face-to-face with Kim Jong Un. And, it appears, not knowing that his host's CIA Director just came back from Pyongyang. He'll go home to Japan trying to convince a public that's growing skeptical of his leadership that he is still a relevant player abroad. Roee Ruttenberg, CGTN, West Palm Beach, Florida."