Japan's Aso: Exports affected by trade issues

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso's take on the third quarter economic contraction, exports, and labor reforms is crossing the wires via LiveSquawk:

• Q3 GDP decline was impacted by natural disasters
• Exports probably were affected by trade issues
• Corporate profits remain very high
• We need to think about the long-term on foreign workers
• France is doing well in terms of demographics policy