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【News】 RCEP negotiations begin with the aim of reaching agreement by 2015; Japan should put forth firm policies to protect its key products (May 10, 2013)
Satomi Tamai The first round of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free-trade framework began on Thursday, May 9, in Brunei, with 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region including Japan participating. The nations aim to conclude the negotiations by 2015. Japan has already kicked off negotiations for a free trade agreement with China and South Korea, and one with the European Union. It is also expected to join the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in the end of July. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration has not made clear the policies for engaging in a series of negotiations for various free trade agreements, and establishment of such policies, … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 USTR notification to Congress on TPP – Japan should walk away from TPP if key products cannot be protected (April 27, 2013)
Office of the United States Trade Representative notified Congress of its intent to allow Japan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. USTR, however, emphasized the point that Japan promised it will subject all goods – including agricultural products — to negotiation. There is no guarantee at all on whether Japan can protect key agricultural products from tariff elimination. The U.S. also demanded that Japan address non-tariff measures such as food safety regulations in parallel with the TPP negotiations. The Japanese government should withdraw from the negotiations if it cannot protect the Japanese people’s lives and the rural community. In its notification letter to Congress, USTR stressed that Japan … Continue reading
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【News】 USTR notifies Congress of its intent to include Japan in TPP （April 26, 2013）
Takanori Okabe The United States government notified Congress on Wednesday, April 24 (Thursday, April 25 Japan time), of its intent to allow Japan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. Wendy Cutler, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Affairs, indicated the same day at a meeting with a group of Japanese anti-TPP lawmakers visiting the U.S. that the U.S. government does not intend to accept exemption of certain products from tariff elimination. Japan is expected to join the TPP negotiations in July, but under the present circumstances, there is no guarantee at all that Japan can protect the key agricultural products which the Diet … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Japan-U.S. talks on 9 items – danger of it becoming a virtual free trade agreement （April 25, 2013）
Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks is going to come true in July. With the backing of approval by 11 Pacific Rim nations involved in the talks, the United States government was expected to seek congressional approval for the country to formally allow Japan in to the talks. As the Japanese government rushed to receive consent from the TPP participants for Japan to join the talks, it has made significant concessions in the preparatory negotiations. It was also asked by the U.S. to improve non-tariff measures in line with the TPP negotiations. This practically means negotiations will become like those for a bilateral free trade agreement. This … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 The government should take Diet resolution on TPP seriously (April 19, 2013)
The Upper House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries made a resolution concerning Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, saying that the government should withdraw from the TPP negotiations if the national interests are not protected. The Lower House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is expected to make a similar resolution. It is the Diet’s manifestation of strong concerns over the TPP negotiations, which it says could give a serious damage not only on the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector but on people’s lives as a whole. The resolution of the Diet, the supreme authority of state power, is of great significance, and the government should … Continue reading
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