President Donald Trump touted his 13-day trip to Asia, but decided against making major announcements as promised in his Wednesday news conference in the White House.

Still, Trump hit unfair trade practices in Asia hard and said deterring North Korean aggression was his first priority.

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Trump said he told Asian leaders he would demand “fair and reciprocal” trade. Free trade and other agreements with Asian nations are rife with cheating, he said, and that will end.

“These two words, fairness and reciprocity, are an open invitation to every country that seeks to do business with the United States,” said Trump. “And they are a firm warning to every country that cheats, breaks the rules, and engages in economic aggression like they have been doing in the past, especially the recent past.”

Trump said economic growth at an annualized rate has been over 3 percent in the previous six months, and the stock market has reached record highs, creating trillions of dollars in wealth.

But it wasn’t all tough talk on trade. Trump thanked Japan, once a fierce trade rival of the United States, for investing $8 billion in U.S. manufacturing since Trump took office, creating 17,000 jobs in the United States. Toyota and Mazda will create 4,000 factory jobs in the United States, he said.

Some Asian players also pose threats to U.S. interests and also to allies, Trump said. The president told the nation that he told Asian leaders he would defend allies and “our values.”

Japan and the United States agreed to a denuclearized North Korea, Trump said, and agreed to new economic sanctions on 35 North Korean entities and individuals. Japan will also shoulder more of the economic expense of defending its region, he added.

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And that will be good for U.S. manufacturing, because Japan will buy defense materials from the United States, Trump said.

China and Russia, he said, must isolate North Korea and force an end to the Korean communist state’s stockpiling of nuclear weapons.

But it was fair trade with Asia on which Trump ended his remarks, saying his vision was U.S.-Asia relations that strengthened nations and respected each other’s sovereignty.

As Trump left, he declined to comment on Roy Moore, the troubled Republican Senate candidate in Alabama who faces Democrat Doug Jones on December 12.