Negotiations between the U.S. and Japan are taking place under the radar and should produce an agreement over the next two months, Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley said Tuesday. Grassley and others have said they expect the two countries to first produce a deal in which Japan would lower tariffs on U.S. farm goods that are finding it harder to compete with exporters in the European Union and other Pacific Rim countries that already have trade deals with Japan. (Agri-Pulse)