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【News】 Japan-Australia EPA can be revised if Japan agrees on lower tariffs for U.S. farm products (April 25, 2014)
Masaru Yamada The Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement, which was concluded in principle on Monday, April 7, includes clauses which allow the two nations to revise the agreement if Japan decides to offer lower tariffs on agricultural products from other countries such as the United States, it was learned Thursday, April 24. The existence of such clauses indicates the possibility that if Japan makes big compromises in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations with the U.S., Australia will urge Japan to revise the EPA to further lower tariffs. According to government officials of the two countries, the EPA “does not include specific most-favored-nation provisions on goods.” However, the agreement say there “are … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Japan must protect its key agricultural products (April 23, 2014)
U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Japan on Wednesday, April 23, and hold a summit meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the following day. One of the main issues on the agenda is the treatment of tariffs on Japan’s key agricultural products in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. The United States continues to demand high-level market liberalization. We can never allow the government to make political decisions and largely compromise for the sake of reaching basic agreement. Farmers and citizens are holding protest rallies day after day in various places and asking the government to keep the resolutions approved by the Diet. Abe should meet Obama with … Continue reading
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【News】 U.S. urges Japan to set minimum import target for autos under TPP (April 21, 2014)
The United States is demanding that Japan set a yearly import target for American cars in the bilateral negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, it was learned Sunday. Sources close to the negotiations disclosed that the U.S. wants to introduce a system that would allow it to delay phase out of tariffs on Japanese automobiles by the number of years in which Japanese imports of U.S. autos fall below the target. This means unless Japan continues to import certain amount of U.S.-made automobiles every year, U.S. tariffs on Japanese cars will be maintained almost indefinitely. According to the sources, Japan has strongly rejected such requests, saying it cannot … Continue reading
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【News】 Japan and Australia agrees on low-tariff import quota for meat products (April 18, 2014)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries disclosed details of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement on Thursday, April 17, including setting low-tariff import quota for key meat products to prevent the domestic industry from being damaged by a sharp rise in imports. But many worry that the agreement will result in influx of low-price Australian products, pressuring prices of domestic produce to decline. The ministry, which has already revealed details of the agreement concerning beef and cheese which are items of special interest, disclosed this time specific rules regarding seven sectors – beef offal and prepared products, pork, poultry, chicken eggs, dairy products, honey and livestock. An import quota … Continue reading
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【News】 Japanese minister denies cutting American beef tariffs below 10 percent (April 11, 2014)
Akira Amari, minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, denied on Thursday, April 10, media reports that Japan is considering cutting tariffs on American beef from the current 38.5 percent to below 10 percent. Amari told reporters before meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman for the second day that no specific tariff rates have been discussed. Concerning the ongoing Japan-U.S. bilateral negotiations on the TPP talks, Amari said the U.S. side is only referring to the basic principles of abolishing tariffs without exceptions and has not mentioned any specific figures. A senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries also denied the reports, saying … Continue reading
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