TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma and US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick have agreed to hold bilateral talks to discuss the auto trade, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing diplomatic sources. Bilateral talks on auto trade issues have not been held since the Japan-US accord on auto market-opening measures, which was signed in 1995, expired late last year. The representatives have agreed to hold a working-level meeting about once a year, in addition to the new round of bilateral economic talks the two governments decided on in June, it said.